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/aporb/agentic-os/agents-mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aporb/agentic-osWhat 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 | $0.01655 | $0.01655 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00827 | $0.00827 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00331 | $0.00331 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00166 | $0.00166 |
Grade A, and why
agentic-os 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 2d 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.
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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 144 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
AGENTS.md — Working on the Agentic OS Console codebase
Instructions for AI agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, etc.) helping develop this codebase. End users don't read this file — they install via Hermes per the README.
What this repo is
A Next.js 15 (App Router) web app that turns Hermes Agent into an AI-native operating system for solo founders. MIT-licensed lead-gen funnel for the paid Kodax appliance.
Not a SaaS. Not a chat app. Not a markdown-only template. The Console is a real Next.js application that talks to a locally-running Hermes via its api_server gateway platform.
Source-of-truth documents (read first)
wiki/draft-agentic-os-spec.md— full product spec. §10 has the positioning rules. §3 has the file tree. §6 has the bridge architecture.wiki/draft-skill-pack-design.md— 73-skill C-suite catalog. Migration map at Appendix B.wiki/draft-build-plan.md— execution plan for v1.wiki/methodology.md— the philosophy essay (also linked from the user-facing README).
Tech stack
- Next.js 15 App Router · TypeScript · Tailwind · shadcn-style local components (no CLI dep)
better-sqlite3for vault.db readsgray-matter+remarkfor markdown parsinglucide-reactfor icons- No Radix beyond what shadcn primitives use; no heavy component libraries
- Python 3.11+ for the indexer (
scripts/index_vault.py) and vector search (scripts/search_vectors.py)
File layout (load-bearing parts)
app/ Next.js routes (pages + API)
api/ REST endpoints; all require validateToken()
page.tsx Home dashboard
skills/ Pack browser, runner
wiki/ Tree + page reader/editor
sources/ Drag-drop ingest
components/
ui/ Local shadcn-style primitives (Button, Card, Input, …)
home/, skills/, wiki/, sources/ Surface-specific components
lib/
config.ts Reads ~/.hermes/agentic-os/config.json
auth.ts Ephemeral token, localhost-bound
vault.ts Read/write markdown with frontmatter; zone access rules
hermes.ts Hermes API client (status, sessions, crons, runSkill stream)
search.ts Web search via ddgr → gogcli → browser fallback
updater.ts Semver check + applyUpdate
packs.ts Pack metadata + UI labels
skills.ts Server-side skill loader (shipped + vault overrides)
hermes/
install.sh Bootstrap script Hermes runs for the user
start.sh, stop.sh, doctor.sh
persona-template.md Generic founder-friendly default
bridge/ Hermes skill bundle (install/start/stop/update/doctor/vault-discover/cron-register/skill-register)
skills/ Shipped skill packs (ceo/, cro/, cmo/)
scripts/
index_vault.py SQLite FTS5 + vector indexer
search_vectors.py Cosine similarity query helper
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.
- 2d ago First seen · 144 lines · 1,655 tokens per session scan A f78c75a1263d
agentic-os AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository aporb/agentic-os (11 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,655 tokens to every session, about $0.0083 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 2026-08-30.
Other instructions, from other repositories
vscode buildNext.instructions.md
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).
spec-kit AGENTS.md
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.
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.
langchain AGENTS.md
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.
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).
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.