chatgpt-cli AGENTS.md

Repository instructions for working on chatgpt-cli, a Go command-line program. They explain where commands, application logic, provider APIs, agent behavior, configuration, tests, and documentation live, plus how to build and test.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when changing command-line behavior, internal logic, provider integrations, agent features, configuration, or tests, and when choosing the project’s Makefile-based workflow.
Why use it?
They give an agent a map of the codebase and reduce mistakes such as changing the wrong package or skipping the project’s required checks.

Instructions file for CodexOpenCode

Install

Getting it into your agent

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

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When invoked 1,317 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
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Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
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Security

Grade A, and why

chatgpt-cli 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 · 176 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 176 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

AGENTS.md

Operating guide for automated agents (and humans) working in this repository.

This repo is a Go-based CLI application (module: github.com/kardolus/chatgpt-cli) built with Cobra (commands) and Viper (configuration). Agent mode and policies live under agent/.

Use this document as the default working context: how to navigate the repo, how to make changes safely, and what “done” means.


1) Repo map (where things usually live)

  • cmd/ — CLI commands, flags, wiring (Cobra).
  • internal/ — core application logic (non-exported).
  • api/ — API clients + domain/types for providers.
  • agent/ — agent runtime: planning, tools, budgets, policy.
  • config/ — config defaults/templates.
  • docs/ — documentation.
  • scripts/ — repo workflows used by Make targets.
  • test/ — tests + fixtures (including MCP test servers).
  • vendor/ — vendored dependencies (do not edit by hand).

Rule of thumb:

  • If it changes user-facing flags/output: start in cmd/.
  • If it changes behavior/business logic: it likely belongs in internal/, api/, or agent/.

2) Build & test workflow (use Makefile first)

Prefer Make targets over ad-hoc commands; the scripts encode the intended workflow.

List targets:

  • make help

“Done” means tests pass:

  • make unit
  • make integration

Do not skip integration tests unless explicitly instructed.

Other useful targets:

  • make all-tests (tests + lint/format/tidy)
  • make contract
  • make smoke
  • make coverage
  • make install / make reinstall / make binaries
  • make updatedeps

Notes:

  • Run go mod tidy only when dependency changes are intended.
  • Never edit vendor/ directly; use the dependency workflow (make updatedeps).

3) Go version

  • Go version is defined in go.mod. Avoid using language/library features newer than that version unless the module version is intentionally bumped.

4) Testing expectations (required)

For any behavior change or new feature, add or update tests.

Read the full file on GitHub · 176 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 · 176 lines · 1,317 tokens per session scan A 1dc57a7ae0fc

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chatgpt-cli AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository kardolus/chatgpt-cli (953 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,317 tokens to every session, about $0.0066 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.