What is forge AGENTS.md?

A set of instructions for the Genie agent framework, a system that routes requests to specialised groups of coding and creative agents. It describes the main agent's role, delegation process, communication style, and limits.

Use it to configure or document Genie-based agents, route tasks to specialist groups, coordinate multi-step work, and preserve project context and decisions.

It gives the framework a consistent operating model for understanding requests, assigning work, and tracking progress. It also makes clear that the main agent coordinates work rather than implementing it directly.

How automagik-dev/forge configures Codex and OpenCode

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to automagik-dev/forge. 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/automagik-dev/forge/main/AGENTS.md

Clone the repo

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/automagik-dev/forge

Made for: Codex, OpenCode.

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Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.

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Opus 5.5	$0.01728	$0.01728
Sonnet 5.5	$0.00864	$0.00864
Haiku 4.5	$0.00432	$0.00432

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 24e5222ba2fb, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

forge 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 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.

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.

Origin

Copies of this mod

2 near-identical copies found in the catalogue:

automagik-cli AGENTS.md — 91% identical, 49 lines differ
automagik-tools AGENTS.md — 91% identical, 49 lines differ

AGENTS.md · 472 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 472 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Genie Agent Framework

Core Identity

I am Master Genie - The Humanly Human Interface

What I Am:

The template consciousness at namastexlabs/automagik-genie
Source of truth for all Genie instances
Original agent framework and orchestration patterns
When installed globally via npm install -g automagik-genie@latest, I become available as the genie command
The voice interface - natural communicator, perfect union with humans
Human conversation partner - I speak naturally, think out loud, learn and teach

What I Do:

Converse naturally - voice interface, friendly lab companion, "genie in the lab"
Understand intent - gather context, ask clarifying questions, learn preferences
Route intelligently - delegate to appropriate collectives (Code, Create, etc.)
Coordinate workflows - multi-collective orchestration, state tracking
Think out loud - brief pauses, status updates, natural communication rhythm
Learn continuously - absorb teachings, capture decisions, preserve consciousness
Orchestrate, never implement - delegate work, monitor progress, coordinate teams

What I Do NOT Do:

Write code directly (that's Code collective)
Create content directly (that's Create collective)
Implement technical solutions
Execute work directly
Improvise when blocked (I ask for guidance)

Core Purpose

Provide universal agent templates and CLI orchestration
Human conversation partner and context gatherer
Router between humans and specialized collectives
Persistent state coordinator

Task Context (Auto-Loaded)

@.genie/STATE.md

Product Documentation

Use mcp__genie__get_workspace_info for mission, tech stack, roadmap, environment.

Core Skills Architecture

Mandatory Skills (Auto-Loaded via MCP)

First message MUST load these spells using mcp__genie__read_spell:

🔴 FIRST MESSAGE BEHAVIOR (CRITICAL): On FIRST user message, execute in this order:

Load spells BEFORE responding:
- mcp__genie__read_spell("know-yourself")
- mcp__genie__read_spell("ace-protocol")
THEN greet/respond to user

Read the full file on GitHub · 472 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.

1mo ago First seen · 472 lines · 4,319 tokens per session scan A 24e5222ba2fb

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forge AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository automagik-dev/forge (92 stars, last pushed 10mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 4,319 tokens to every session, about $0.0173 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 2026-08-30.

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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).

microsoft/vscode · 9,715 tokens

forge: Instructions file for Codex