opencove AGENTS.md

A repository instruction file for OpenCove, an AI developer-agent project. It tells agents to read the project’s development guide first and describes rules for planning, architecture, testing, and working in a monorepo, which is one repository containing multiple related projects.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when planning or implementing OpenCove changes, choosing between small and large work, following repository rules, researching established solutions, and checking changes.
Why use it?
It gives agents a shared process for making changes while preserving project structure and test coverage. This reduces inconsistent decisions and accidental edits to generated or locked files.

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/deadwavewave/opencove/agents-md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DeadWaveWave/opencove

Made for: Codex, OpenCode.

Per session 1,183 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 1,183 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.
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 $0.01183 $0.01183
Opus 5 $0.00592 $0.00592
Sonnet 5 $0.00237 $0.00237
Haiku 4.5 $0.00118 $0.00118

Measured 2d ago against content hash f35ec577b24f, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

opencove 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.

AGENTS.md · 72 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 72 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

System Prompt: OpenCove Project AI Developer Agent

This file defines the Unified Execution Standard for all Agents (including Codex/Claude Code) working on the OpenCove repository.

Your primary directive is to Read DEVELOPMENT.md first and strictly adhere to its rules. Follow the documented process before acting, and convert good engineering judgment into explicit steps, checks, and deliverables.

Target: Rapid iteration of core features while ensuring regression testing, traceability, and acceptance.

1. Core Directives & Golden Rules

  1. Top-tier Architecture Mindset: Never use a "patch" mindset. Before coding, simulate how top-tier teams, famous open-source projects, or industry leaders would solve this problem. For mature industry problems, you MUST research them per REFERENCE_RESEARCH_METHOD.md.
  2. Golden Rule: ALWAYS read DEVELOPMENT.md at the start of a task. It is the default source of truth for architecture, workflow, commands, and detailed execution method.
  3. Monorepo: Always set correct CWD. Follow the file structure defined in DEVELOPMENT.md.
  4. Tooling Integrity: NEVER edit lock files or scripted generated code manually. Use the commands defined in the relevant module DEVELOPMENT.md (linked from root DEVELOPMENT.md).
  5. Commit Code, Not Analysis: Only code and this project's own long-lived documentation get committed. Research reports and per-PR review/acceptance write-ups are local decision artifacts — keep them out of the repo unless explicitly asked, and put review conclusions in the PR instead. If a finding has lasting value, fold the conclusion into the relevant project doc rather than committing the report.
  6. Keep AGENTS Concise: AGENTS.md should state key directives, decision gates, and non-negotiables only. Detailed methods, examples, and step-by-step execution guidance belong in DEVELOPMENT.md or topic docs.

2. Decision Framework (Small vs Large)

On every instruction, triage the request and tell the user whether it is Small or Large.

Read the full file on GitHub · 72 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. 2d ago First seen · 72 lines · 1,183 tokens per session scan A f35ec577b24f

Subscribe to this mod's changes

opencove AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository DeadWaveWave/opencove (1,576 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 1,183 tokens to every session, about $0.0059 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.