Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx agentmods add instructions/ani3198/threadbase/agents-mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ani3198/threadbaseWhat 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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5 | $0.00206 | $0.00206 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00103 | $0.00103 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00041 | $0.00041 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00021 | $0.00021 |
Grade A, and why
threadbase AGENTS.md scanned grade A with 0 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 yesterday.
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.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
What it actually says
Threadbase Agent Instructions
Before coding:
- Read
.ai/rules.md - Read
.ai/generated/index.md - If
.ai/generated/index.mdis missing or empty, generate it from scratch using.ai/prompts/generate_index.md - Read
.ai/generated/context.mdwhen the task needs broader project state, active constraints, or recent cross-cutting changes - If
.ai/generated/context.mdis missing or empty, generate it from scratch using.ai/prompts/generate_context.md - Use
.ai/generated/index.mdto open only the relevant files in.ai/memory/*or the codebase, instead of loading everything
After coding:
- Update relevant memory files in
.ai/memory/* - Regenerate
.ai/generated/index.mdif it is missing, empty, or outdated - Regenerate
.ai/generated/context.mdif it is missing, empty, or outdated
Never store secrets in Threadbase files.
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.
- yesterday First seen · 19 lines · 206 tokens per session scan A 613fa43bb03d
threadbase AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository ani3198/threadbase (4 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 206 tokens to every session, about $0.0010 per session on Opus 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 2026-08-31.
Other instructions, from other repositories
codex AGENTS.md
AGENTS.md instructions for openai/codex, covering rust/codex-rs, the codex-core crate, code review rules, crate api surface and model visible context.
buildNext
Working notes and architecture documentation for the new esbuild-based build system in build/next. Use when making changes to the new build pipeline (transpile/bundle commands, NLS plugin, source-map handling, resource copying, or self-hosting watch tasks).
next.js AGENTS.md
Instructions for vercel/next.js, covering next.js development guide, codebase structure, monorepo overview, core package: packages/next and other important packages.
vscode oss-third-party-notices.instructions.md
Instructions for microsoft/vscode, covering vs code oss third-party-notices pipeline, architecture, pipeline flow in ci, applying the notice (cutover) and fallback chain (never fail the build).
spec-kit AGENTS.md
Instructions for github/spec-kit, covering agents.md, about spec kit and specify, quickstart — add a new integration in 5 steps, integration architecture and integrationmanifest — file tracking.
langchain AGENTS.md
Instructions for langchain-ai/langchain, covering global development guidelines for the langchain monorepo, corridor security analysis, project architecture and context, monorepo structure and development tools & commands.