agents: Instructions file for Codex

AGENTS.md

agents AGENTS.md is an instructions file for Codex, OpenCode from amtiYo/agents. It costs 3,614 tokens per session, scanned C, original, Apache-2.0.

Project instructions for a TypeScript command-line tool that keeps AI-agent configuration in sync across several coding tools from one .agents folder. TypeScript is a programming language; a CLI is a program used through a terminal.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for guiding work on the CLI, including setup, configuration syncing, adding MCP servers, testing with Vitest, and maintaining its TypeScript code.
Why use it?
Configuration can become inconsistent when each coding tool is set up separately. These instructions define the project's structure, technology choices, and development workflow.

Instructions file for CodexOpenCode

Written for Codex and OpenCode: the file is AGENTS.md. Also seen: mentions Claude Code; reads ~/.codex paths; mentions AGENTS.md.

This is amtiYo/agents's own configuration. It tells Codex and OpenCode how to work on agents itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything agents configures →

Not installable: its command points at a path on the author’s own machine, so it runs nowhere else. The line is /Users/me/.codex/config.toml.

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to amtiYo/agents. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amtiYo/agents/main/AGENTS.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/amtiYo/agents

Made for: Codex, OpenCode.

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Security scan C 3 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.03614 $0.03614
Opus 5.5 $0.01446 $0.01446
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00723 $0.00723
Haiku 4.5 $0.00361 $0.00361

Measured 1mo ago against content hash b1dbc9448e7f, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade C, and why

agents AGENTS.md scanned grade C with 3 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Reads agent configuration directoriesmediumAgent snooping

.claude/, .codex/, .gemini/ hold keys, settings and other credentials a mod has no legitimate need for.

section of the global `~/.codex/config.toml`, which we edit in place:

Unrestricted tool accessmediumExcessive agency

A wildcard tool grant or "run any command" leaves no least-privilege boundary at all.

- Don't execute arbitrary code from config files

Runs shell commandslowCapability

Expected in a hook, worth knowing in a rule or an instructions file.

// Use spawnSync for external commands
AGENTS.md · 469 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 469 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

AGENTS.md

Instructions for AI coding agents working on the @agents-dev/cli project.

Project Overview

@agents-dev/cli is a CLI tool that provides a practical standard layer for multi-LLM development. It solves the configuration fragmentation problem by syncing MCP servers, skills and instructions across 18 AI coding tools from a single source of truth, and packages the result as an Agent Plugins bundle.

Key Principle: One .agents/ folder syncs to all tools. Add an MCP server once, it appears everywhere.

Tech Stack

  • Language: TypeScript (strict mode)
  • Runtime: Node.js 20.12+
  • Build: tsc (TypeScript compiler)
  • Tests: Vitest
  • CLI Framework: Commander.js
  • Prompts: @clack/prompts
  • Package Manager: npm

Project Structure

agents/
├── src/
│   ├── cli.ts                    # CLI entry point
│   ├── commands/                 # Command implementations
│   │   ├── start.ts             # Setup wizard
│   │   ├── sync.ts              # Config sync
│   │   ├── mcp-add.ts           # Add MCP server
│   │   └── ...
│   ├── core/                     # Core logic
│   │   ├── sync.ts              # Sync orchestration
│   │   ├── mcp.ts               # MCP management
│   │   ├── renderers.ts         # Tool-specific config generators
│   │   ├── trust.ts             # Codex trust management
│   │   ├── ui.ts                # CLI output helpers (colors, spinners)
│   │   └── ...
│   ├── integrations/             # Tool integrations
│   │   ├── codex.ts
│   │   ├── claude.ts
│   │   ├── cursor.ts
│   │   └── ...
│   └── types.ts                  # TypeScript types
├── tests/                        # Test files
│   ├── *.test.ts                # Unit tests
│   └── *.integration.test.ts    # Integration tests
├── templates/                    # Scaffold templates
│   └── agents/                  # .agents/ directory templates
├── docs/                         # Public documentation
└── bin/agents                    # CLI wrapper script

Read the full file on GitHub · 469 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 1mo ago Changed · +7 lines · +154 tokens per session b1dbc9448e7f
  2. 1mo ago Changed · +25 lines · +474 tokens per session 57948d155a36
  3. 1mo ago First seen · 437 lines · 2,986 tokens per session scan C df4eca023b1a

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agents AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository amtiYo/agents (102 stars, last pushed 16d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 3,614 tokens to every session, about $0.0145 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it C with 3 findings (reads agent configuration directories, unrestricted tool access, runs shell commands). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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