Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to pincerhq/pincer. 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/pincerhq/pincer/dev/AGENTS.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pincerhq/pincerWrote 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/pincerhq/pincer/agents-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/pincerhq/pincer/agents-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/pincerhq/pincer/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/pincerhq/pincer/agents-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/pincerhq/pincer/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 | $0.01658 | $0.01658 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00829 | $0.00829 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00332 | $0.00332 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00166 | $0.00166 |
Grade A, and why
pincer 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 today.
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 — 65 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
AGENTS.md
This file provides guidance to Codex (Codex.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.
Project
Pincer (pincer-agent) is a self-hosted, security-first AI agent that operates across messaging channels (Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, Slack, Signal, Email, Voice, Web) with 300+ native tools plus unlimited tools via MCP. Pure Python 3.12+ / asyncio — no agent framework (no LangChain, CrewAI, etc.), just provider SDKs (anthropic, openai) directly. The codebase is intentionally auditable. When building or extending LLM-facing functionality, prefer the latest Codex models and consult the Codex-api skill for current model IDs.
Commands
Use uv (preferred). Tests run from the repo root; pyproject.toml sets pythonpath = ["src"] and asyncio_mode = "auto".
uv sync --all-extras # install everything incl. dev + workspace MCP packages
uv run pytest # full suite
uv run pytest tests/test_agent.py # one file
uv run pytest -k "test_approval" --no-cov # by name filter
uv run pytest --cov=pincer --cov-report=term-missing
uv run ruff check . # lint
uv run ruff format . # format (CI fails on `ruff format --check .`)
uv run mypy src/ # type check (strict)
uv run bandit -r src/pincer -ll -s B101,B104,B310,B608 # security scan
uv run pincer run # start agent (all configured channels)
uv run pincer doctor # 40+ config/security health checks
CI (.github/workflows/ci.yml) runs all of: pytest (incl. src/ms365-mcp/tests/), mypy on src/, ruff check, ruff format --check, and bandit. All must pass before merge.
Dashboard (React + Vite + TS in dashboard/, pnpm 10+): cd dashboard && pnpm install && pnpm dev (port 3000, proxies /api → :8080). CI runs pnpm type-check, pnpm lint, pnpm test.
Architecture
Agent loop — src/pincer/core/agent.py is the ReAct (reason+act) brain: receive message → load session + memories → call LLM with available tools → if tool_call, execute (in sandbox, with approval) → feed result back → repeat until text → deliver → persist session/memory/cost. This single loop is shared across every channel.
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.
- today First seen · 65 lines · 1,658 tokens per session scan A 817fd9843e86
pincer AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository pincerhq/pincer (50 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 1,658 tokens to every session, about $0.0083 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 2026-09-15.
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