Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to synaptent/aragora. 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/synaptent/aragora/main/AGENTS.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/synaptent/aragoraWrote 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/synaptent/aragora/agents-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/synaptent/aragora/agents-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/synaptent/aragora/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/synaptent/aragora/agents-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/synaptent/aragora/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 | $0.04728 | $0.04728 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.01891 | $0.01891 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00946 | $0.00946 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00473 | $0.00473 |
Grade C, and why
aragora AGENTS.md scanned grade C with 1 finding 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 1mo 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.
Recursive force deletehighDestructive command
rm -rf with a variable or a broad path is one typo away from removing the wrong tree.
- Do not delete side worktrees with raw `git worktree remove` plus `rm -rf`. How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 381 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Aragora Agents
Aragora is the control plane for multi-agent vetted decisionmaking across organizational knowledge and channels. It implements structured vetted decisionmaking through a society of heterogeneous AI agents. This document describes the agent system architecture.
Operating Contract: Autonomous CLI agents (Claude Code, Codex CLI, Factory Droid, Aider, the agent-bridge harnesses) working in this repository operate under
docs/AGENT_OPERATING_CONTRACT.md— the always-allowed / approval-required matrix, the "break unreleased branch behavior freely; never break main / public API / release flow / CI" rule, and main-red incident mode. That contract governs how agents execute against the repo. This document describes what agents are registered as runtime debate participants (the 46-agent registry).
Worktree Autopilot (High-Churn Sessions)
When many agents are committing concurrently, use disposable worktrees with frequent reconciliation.
- Start sessions with
./scripts/codex_session.sh(ormake codex-session). This writes an active-session lock so background maintenance skips in-use worktrees. - Do not delete side worktrees with raw
git worktree removeplusrm -rf. Inspect/remove them withpython3 scripts/safe_worktree_cleanup.pyso active-session locks and open PR branches block accidental deletion. - Auto-heal unexpected worktree/branch drift with:
python3 scripts/codex_worktree_autopilot.py ensure --agent codex --base main --reconcile --print-path - Prefer one-shot upkeep during rapid churn:
python3 scripts/codex_worktree_autopilot.py maintain --base main --strategy merge --ttl-hours 24 - Reconcile managed sessions with:
python3 scripts/codex_worktree_autopilot.py reconcile --all --base main - Remove stale managed worktrees with:
python3 scripts/codex_worktree_autopilot.py cleanup --base main --ttl-hours 24 - Optional macOS daemon:
make worktree-maintainer-installfor periodic background reconcile-only upkeep.
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.
- 1mo ago First seen · 381 lines · 4,728 tokens per session scan C 4ef9882d1b02
aragora AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository synaptent/aragora (11 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 4,728 tokens to every session, about $0.0189 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it C with 1 finding (recursive force delete). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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