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AGENTS.md is a Markdown file you keep in your repository to tell coding agents how to work on the project. It can explain where the code lives, which commands to run, and which decisions the agent should leave to you. The open format has no required fields or schema.

Imagine asking an agent to add a page on Monday. You explain the project's colors, where the source lives, and why the navigation must stay as it is. On Friday, a contributor picks up the work in another coding tool. Their agent proposes a new color scheme and reorganizes the navigation. The decisions are still in Monday's conversation, but they never made it into the repository.

That is the gap this file is meant to close. Write the ground rules down once, keep them with the code, and give the next agent a place to start.