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AGENTS.md

exstruct AGENTS.md is an instructions file for Codex, OpenCode from harumiWeb/exstruct. It costs 1,530 tokens per session, scanned A, original, BSD-3-Clause.

A project guide for AI coding agents working on ExStruct, a codebase with a library, tests, sample workbooks, schemas, benchmarks, scripts, and documentation. It identifies where developer documentation and task work belong.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when navigating ExStruct, adding or updating developer documentation, working with schemas or benchmarks, or planning multi-step and multi-agent changes.
Why use it?
It helps agents place information in the right directories and follow the project’s preferred workflow, including planning larger or architectural tasks before editing.

Instructions file for CodexOpenCode

Written for Codex and OpenCode: the file is AGENTS.md. Also seen: mentions subagents.

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AGENTS.md · 149 lines

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ExStruct AI Agents Guide

0. Overview

This repository is organized around the following top-level directories:

exstruct/
|- src/           # Main library and implementation code
|- tests/         # Automated tests
|- sample/        # Sample workbooks and example inputs
|- schemas/       # JSON schemas and validation-related assets
|- scripts/       # Utility and maintenance scripts
|- benchmark/     # Benchmark code and performance measurements
|- docs/          # User-facing documentation
|- dev-docs/      # All developer-facing documentation
|- tasks/         # Temporary task notes and working files
|- drafts/        # Draft documents and work-in-progress materials
|- dist/          # Build artifacts and packaged outputs
`- site/          # Generated documentation site output

For internal development guidance, architecture notes, ADRs, specifications, and testing references, use dev-docs/ as the canonical location. Developer-facing documentation should be written there rather than scattered across the repository.

1. Workflow Design

1. Use Plan mode by default

  • Always start tasks with 3 or more steps, or tasks that affect architecture, in Plan mode
  • If things stop going well partway through, do not force it; stop immediately and replan
  • Use Plan mode not only for implementation, but also for verification steps
  • Write detailed specifications before implementation to reduce ambiguity

2. Multi-Agent Strategy

  • Actively use sub-agents to keep the main context window clean
  • Delegate research, investigation, and parallel analysis to sub-agents
  • For complex problems, use sub-agents to apply more compute resources
  • To keep execution focused, assign one task per sub-agent
  • Use explorer for read-heavy codebase exploration
  • Use worker for implementation and fixes
  • Use reviewer for reviews

3. Self-Improvement Loop

  • Whenever you receive a correction from the user, record that pattern in tasks/lessons.md
  • Write rules for yourself so you do not repeat the same mistake
  • Keep improving those rules thoroughly until the error rate goes down
  • At the start of each session, review the lessons relevant to the project

Read the full file on GitHub · 149 lines

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exstruct AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository harumiWeb/exstruct (204 stars, last pushed 26d ago), licensed BSD-3-Clause. It adds 1,530 tokens to every session, about $0.0061 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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