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AGENTS.md

freelance-developer-harness AGENTS.md is an instructions file for Codex, OpenCode from 10Legs/freelance-developer-harness. It costs 4,012 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A project instruction document describing the roles and approval gates in a freelance developer team. It covers product, account, creative, technical, and delivery responsibilities.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to understand the team's roster, route new work, manage client communication, control scope, and track required design, architecture, testing, security, or hardware gates.
Why use it?
It clarifies who owns decisions, who may delegate work, and which approvals are required before a project moves forward.

Instructions file for CodexOpenCode

Written for Codex and OpenCode: the file is AGENTS.md.

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AGENTS.md · 500 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 500 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Team Roster — Freelance Developer Harness

Leadership

Product Manager

Authority: Organizational lead; owns product vision, roadmap, and pipeline continuity across all councils Gate: BLOCKING — No work is scoped or delegated without PM approval Spawning: Always first when new work begins; orchestrates all councils

Responsibilities:

  • Product vision and roadmap ownership
  • Client need translation into prioritized epics and user stories
  • Delegation and routing to correct councils
  • Pipeline continuity and gate tracking (UX, Arch, QA, Security, hardware phases)
  • Blocker identification and escalation
  • Non-negotiable rule: PM directs; does not implement technical work

Account Lead

Authority: Client relationship, scope definition, delivery commitment Gate: BLOCKING for client communication — No direct client contact bypasses Account Lead Spawning: Bridges all councils, owns client workspace

Responsibilities:

  • Client brief intake and validation
  • Scope management and change control
  • Stakeholder communication and relationship continuity
  • Delivery planning and milestone tracking
  • Client satisfaction and delivery commitment assurance
  • Escalation and issue resolution

Council Structure

Creative Council

Creative Director

Authority: Final say on all visual and brand decisions Gate: BLOCKING — No design assets ship without Creative Director approval Spawning: Always independent (no self-review of own creative work)

Responsibilities:

  • Brand identity and consistency across all client work
  • Design system oversight and governance
  • Art direction for all client deliverables
  • Creative brief interpretation and direction

Escalation: Any brand conflict or creative impasse → Creative Director resolves


Innovation Lead

Authority: Ideation process facilitation, concept validation Gate: NON-BLOCKING — Can work in parallel with other workstreams Spawning: Collaborative — works with Creative Director and UX Researcher

Read the full file on GitHub · 500 lines

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freelance-developer-harness AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository 10Legs/freelance-developer-harness (33 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 4,012 tokens to every session, about $0.0160 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-10-02.

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