306 - Keeping your agent instructions in sync and effective
AGENTS.md is becoming the common language for AI coding tools, but keeping repo rules, personal rules, and tool-specific files in sync is still messy. In this episode, Kaushik and Iury break down the sync problem, compare their own setups, and unpack what the latest AGENTS.md research actually says. Full shownotes at https://fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/306/
Fragmented - AI Developer Podcast · Kaushik Gopal, Iury Souza
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Show Notes
AGENTS.md is becoming the common language for AI coding tools, but keeping repo
rules, personal rules, and tool-specific files in sync is still messy. In this
episode, Kaushik and Iury break down the sync problem, compare their own setups,
and unpack what the latest AGENTS.md research actually says.
Full shownotes at fragmentedpodcast.com.
Show Notes
The sync problem
- AGENTS.md - Official spec
- Custom instructions with AGENTS.md -
Open AI - Keep your AGENTS.md in sync - Kaushik's post
- Rulesync - What Iury uses
- Tweet by Ryan Carson and Claude frustrations
Other links
- Evaluating AGENTS.md: Are Repository-Level Context Files Helpful for Coding Agents?
- Harness engineering - Check the section about using AGENTS.md as a table of contents
- OpenCode
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