David Gerard ( dgerard@awful.systems ) M to

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Your AGENTS.md file doesn’t actually do anything

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Your AGENTS.md file doesn’t actually do anything

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David Gerard ( dgerard@awful.systems ) M to

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AI coding bot vendors tell you to use a context file with instructions for the chatbot on how to edit your project. Claude Code wants a CLAUDE.md, or there’s AGENTS.md in general. [Anthropic] But d…

except cost you more tokens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAq45fJln70&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260827-your-agentsmd-file-doesnt-actually-do-anything - podcast

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On the bright side, you can reduce your token usage by 20% with one simple trick.

Or reduce it by almost 100% by using the ‘rm -rf’ command.

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