cali AGENTS.md

Repository instructions for AI coding agents working on the Cali project. They explain how to identify the task, understand the repository layout, and use Cali’s shared runtime and command structure.

In plain words
What is it for?
Guiding code changes in the Cali CLI, its role modules, commands, shared runtime, tools, and related documentation.
Why use it?
They help an agent begin with the right files and contracts, reducing unnecessary exploration and inconsistent changes.

Instructions file for CodexOpenCode

Install

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.

agentmods
npx agentmods add instructions/callstackincubator/cali/agents-md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/callstackincubator/cali

Made for: Codex, OpenCode.

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When invoked 1,720 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
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Measured yesterday against content hash 6eca92bfa6f7, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

cali 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.

AGENTS.md · 220 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 220 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

AGENTS.md

Minimal operating guide for AI coding agents in this repo.

First 60 Seconds

  • Classify the task:
    • Info-only: do not edit code or run checks unless needed.
    • Code change: make the smallest scoped edit and run the lightest relevant validation.
  • Read at most 4 files first:
    • the owning command module
    • one role module
    • one shared runtime file
    • one relevant doc file if the CLI or context contract changes
  • Define concrete success criteria before editing.
  • Prefer the shared runtime contracts over command-local improvisation.

Repo Shape

  • packages/cali: standalone CLI role platform
  • packages/tools: reusable Cali tools for other runtimes

Cali Runtime Shape

The cali package is now a small role platform.

  • CLI entry:
    • packages/cali/src/cli.ts
    • packages/cali/src/cli/app.ts
    • packages/cali/src/cli/*.ts
  • Command orchestration:
    • packages/cali/src/commands/*.ts
  • Shared runtime:
    • packages/cali/src/runtime/types.ts
    • packages/cali/src/runtime/context.ts
    • packages/cali/src/runtime/tool-packs.ts
    • packages/cali/src/runtime/tool-loop-role.ts
    • packages/cali/src/runtime/publishers.ts
    • packages/cali/src/runtime/mobile.ts
  • Config:
    • packages/cali/src/config/schema.ts
    • packages/cali/src/config/load.ts
  • Roles:
    • packages/cali/src/roles/*.ts
  • Tool packs:
    • packages/cali/src/tools/*.ts
  • Reports:
    • packages/cali/src/report/types.ts
    • packages/cali/src/report/render.ts
    • packages/cali/src/report/publishers/*.ts

Public Commands

Implemented first-class commands:

  • qa
  • review
  • perf-review
  • dev

Current maturity:

  • qa: ship-ready
  • review: experimental
  • perf-review: experimental
  • dev: experimental

publish is intentionally not implemented. Release automation belongs in CI or in dev-driven pipeline work, not as an open-ended agent command.

Core Contracts

Local Mode

Use --local android|ios for local mobile runs.

CI metadata is detected automatically in GitHub Actions and EAS. Use --ci github-actions|eas only when you need to override detection.

Read the full file on GitHub · 220 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. yesterday First seen · 220 lines · 1,720 tokens per session scan A 6eca92bfa6f7

Subscribe to this mod's changes

cali AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository callstackincubator/cali (990 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,720 tokens to every session, about $0.0086 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.