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/illodev/workfile/agents-mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/illodev/workfileWhat 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 | $0.00175 | $0.00175 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00088 | $0.00088 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00035 | $0.00035 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00017 | $0.00017 |
Grade A, and why
workfile 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.
Copies of this mod
1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:
- workfile CLAUDE.md — 86% identical, 4 lines differ
What it actually says
Workfile for AGENTS.md
Before substantial changes, read .project/agents/protocol.md and the relevant workflow under .project/agents/workflows.
Critical rules:
- Search context with
pnpm workfile searchorpnpm workfile agents context. - Claim cards before modifying their scope.
- Use CLI/MCP for protocol mutations.
reviewmeans verification is pending;donerequires runtime evidence.- Create cards for discovered pending work and record durable knowledge.
- Run
pnpm workfile doctorbefore finishing.
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.
- yesterday First seen · 15 lines · 175 tokens per session scan A e0c59de62112
workfile AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository illodev/workfile (2 stars, last pushed 5d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 175 tokens to every session, about $0.0009 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 2026-08-31.
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agent-device AGENTS.md
AGENTS.md instructions for callstack/agent-device, covering agents.md, incident-derived principles, declaration sites and enforcement, hard repository rules and module and test topology.
beads AGENTS.md
AGENTS.md instructions for gastownhall/beads, covering agent instructions, key sections, project scope, pr safety for agents and visual design anti-patterns.
ai-agent-board AGENTS.md
Instructions for DanWahlin/ai-agent-board, covering agents.md, project overview, architecture, key technical decisions and running locally.
lineark CLAUDE.md
Instructions for flipbit03/lineark, covering claude.md — lineark, what is this, workspace layout, key commands and writing online tests: the three pillars.
blz AGENTS.md
Instructions for outfitter-dev/blz, covering blz repository instructions for ai agents, important, working memory, use blz and 🚀 quick start for agents.
moo-tasks AGENTS.md
Instructions for dizlexic/moo-tasks, covering agents.md, 1. what is the moo tasks board?, 2. connecting your agent, 3. available mcp tools and 4. recommended workflow for agents.