Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to openclaw/carapace. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/carapace/main/AGENTS.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/openclaw/carapaceWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/instructions/openclaw/carapace/agents-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/openclaw/carapace/agents-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/openclaw/carapace/agents-md/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/openclaw/carapace/agents-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/openclaw/carapace/agents-md.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00563 | $0.00563 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00225 | $0.00225 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00113 | $0.00113 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00056 | $0.00056 |
Grade A, and why
carapace 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 9d 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 58 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Repository Guidelines
Scope
Carapace owns the canonical OpenClaw web design contract:
- framework-neutral CSS tokens and themes
- a thin Tailwind 4 token adapter
- shared base behavior proven across consumers
- agent skills that explain how to use and audit the system
Consumer-specific components, routes, and layouts stay in their repositories until at least two consumers share the same interface and behavior.
For OpenClaw and OpenClaw Foundation logos, see the brand kit README.
Commands
- Bun
1.4.4is the supported minimum; use the exactpackageManagerpin for normal development and release work. bun install --frozen-lockfile- install the committed dependency graph.bun run test- parse CSS and verify token/theme contracts.bun run skills:check- validate skill metadata and references.bun run pack:check- verify package exports and packed contents.bun run check- run all validation.- Keep the 48-hour dependency maturity window in
bunfig.toml; add exclusions only for a named, reviewed dependency. - Use mutable
bun installonly for deliberate dependency changes, and reviewbun.lockas a security-sensitive generated artifact.
Code
- Keep JS/TS/JSX source files under about 1,000 lines; split before a file crosses 2,000. Split along ownership seams (markup vs. behavior vs. config), not arbitrary line counts. Generated files and test fixtures are exempt; large test files should still split by surface when practical.
- Preview markup is queried by attribute at runtime, so keep the contract
tests green: binder-queried
data-workbench-*hooks must render in at least one workbench state, and everydata-lucideicon name must be registered inpreview/lucide.js. - Candidate CSS ships only selectors a preview specimen renders; delete unvalidated anatomy instead of keeping it speculative.
Release
- Use Conventional Commits.
- Release tags are stable semantic versions:
vX.Y.Z. - The tag must match
package.json. - Runtime assets release under semantic tags; agent skills update from
main. - npm publication is not required; consumers install the Git tag.
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.
- 9d ago Changed · +3 lines · +35 tokens per session 64d3c2bcc171
- 12d ago Changed 30d8391c3af9
- 1mo ago Changed · +6 lines · +60 tokens per session 2e6f7b03c1b3
- 2mo ago First seen · 49 lines · 468 tokens per session scan A 24f031e6c3ee
carapace AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository openclaw/carapace (7 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 563 tokens to every session, about $0.0023 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 2026-08-31.
carapace AGENTS.md compared with instructions from other repositories
| Mod | Type | Stars | Last push | Licence | Scan | Tokens | Works with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| carapace AGENTS.mdopenclaw/carapace | Instructions file | 7 | yesterday | MIT | A | 563 | Codex, OpenCode |
| vscode buildNext.instructions.mdmicrosoft/vscode | Instructions file | 195k | yesterday | MIT | A | 9,719 | GitHub Copilot |
| next.js AGENTS.mdvercel/next.js | Instructions file | 143k | yesterday | MIT | A | 7,461 | Codex, OpenCode |
| langchain AGENTS.mdlangchain-ai/langchain | Instructions file | 149k | yesterday | MIT | A | 4,680 | Codex, OpenCode |
| vscode oss-third-party-notices.instructions.mdmicrosoft/vscode | Instructions file | 195k | yesterday | MIT | A | 5,516 | GitHub Copilot |
| vscode copilot-instructions.mdmicrosoft/vscode | Instructions file | 195k | yesterday | MIT | A | 3,093 | GitHub Copilot |
| deepseek-harness AGENTS.mddeepseek-ai/deepseek-harness | Instructions file | 274k | 2d ago | MIT | A | 4,313 | Codex, OpenCode |