Backend and APIs instructions files

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butterbase-ai/butterbase-skills

Instructions file

Instructions for butterbase-ai/butterbase-skills, covering butterbase, environment variables, always check docs before platform work, toolchain — sdk and cli and prefer built-in integrations over external saas.

not rated 533 2mo ago A 3,437 tokens original MIT

muthuishere/mcp-server-bash-sdk

Instructions file

Instructions for muthuishere/mcp-server-bash-sdk, covering claude.md, what this is, commands, the contract between the two layers and protocol shape (2026-07-28).

not rated 515 29d ago A 2,713 tokens original MIT

turn-rs AGENTS.md

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mycrl/turn-rs

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

Instructions for mycrl/turn-rs, covering agents.md, project overview, core capabilities, key entry points and directories and source code architecture (modules and responsibilities).

not rated 510 10d ago A 3,096 tokens original MIT

JungHoonGhae/tossinvest-cli

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

A guide for tossctl, a command-line tool for working with the Toss investment service. It explains which commands use official or unofficial interfaces and marks the few commands that can place, cancel, or change live trades.

not rated 490 changed today B 3,704 tokens original MIT

talkcody AGENTS.md

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talkcody/talkcody

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

Instructions for talkcody/talkcody, covering project development guide for ai agents, project overview, architecture diagram, technology stack and frontend.

not rated 478 +2 3mo ago A 1,908 tokens original MIT

cyanheads/atlas-mcp-server

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Instructions for cyanheads/atlas-mcp-server, covering claude.md, essential development commands, build and development, database operations and running the server.

not rated 477 1y ago A 843 tokens original Apache-2.0

tidewave-ai/tidewave_rails

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

AGENTS.md instructions for tidewave-ai/tidewave_rails: This project implements Model Context Protocol tools by embedding a MCP server inside a Rails application.

not rated 474 today A 73 tokens original Apache-2.0

marcoturi/fastify-boilerplate

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

AGENTS.md instructions for marcoturi/fastify-boilerplate, covering agents.md, project overview, quick reference, architecture and layer boundaries (critical).

not rated 464 today A 2,747 tokens original MIT

marcoturi/fastify-boilerplate

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Claude Code instructions for marcoturi/fastify-boilerplate, a project described as: Fastify 5 application boilerplate based on clean architecture, domain-driven design, CQRS, functional programming, vertical slice architecture for building production-grade applications 🚀.

not rated 464 today A 6 tokens copy · 100% MIT

fluffos AGENTS.md

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fluffos/fluffos

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

AGENTS.md instructions for fluffos/fluffos, covering fluffos agent guide (agents.md), 1. codebase architecture & key components, 2. package api & vm stack guidance, unified inclusion and spec files.

not rated 453 changed today C 28,586 tokens

devopness CLAUDE.md

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devopness/devopness

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Claude Code instructions for devopness/devopness, a project described as: Devopness: AI DevOps on your cloud. Deploy apps, infra and CI/CD. Any cloud and any stack, one MCP. Deterministic API, opinionated and fully configurable. No cloud credentials in AI chats. Free plan.

not rated 449 today A 13 tokens original Apache-2.0

Synapse AGENTS.md

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zai-org/Synapse

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

Project-specific coding rules for Synapse, including how database, application, and device communication layers should be separated. They define naming conventions and responsibilities for repositories, services, presenters, and wire adapters.

not rated 438 +4 1mo ago A 5,342 tokens original Apache-2.0

xpert AGENTS.md

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xpert-ai/xpert

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

AGENTS.md instructions for xpert-ai/xpert, covering agents guide for xpert, general, backend (nestjs), backend i18n and frontend (angular).

not rated 437 changed today A 1,585 tokens AGPL-3.0

OnlyTerp/UltraCode-Shim

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

Instructions for OnlyTerp/UltraCode-Shim, covering runbook for ai assistants, phase 0 — understand the goal (read once), phase 1 — prerequisites, phase 2 — get the code + baseline check and mac/linux/wsl.

not rated 425 +1 12d ago C 2,489 tokens original MIT

waynesutton/convexskills

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Instructions for waynesutton/convexskills, a project described as: AI agent skills and templates for building production ready apps with Convex. Patterns for queries, mutations, cron jobs, webhooks, migrations, and more.

not rated 404 6mo ago A 3 tokens copy · 100% Apache-2.0

KarmaCircle AGENTS.md

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karmacircleCommunity/KarmaCircle

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

AGENTS.md instructions for karmacircleCommunity/KarmaCircle, covering agentic workflow, git / branching, the apps/web ↔ apps/api boundary, repo-specific guardrails and when you're not sure which duplicate a request means.

not rated 396 today A 1,466 tokens original MIT

lemma-work/lemma-platform

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

AGENTS.md instructions for lemma-work/lemma-platform, covering working in this repository, what is here, running anything in the backend, read these before changing behaviour and the six that get broken most.

not rated 387 changed today A 1,435 tokens AGPL-3.0

Tiberriver256/mcp-server-azure-devops

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

Instructions for Tiberriver256/mcp-server-azure-devops: /home/tiberriver256/repos/mcp-server-azure-devops/docs/important-knowledge/azure-devops-rest-api-research.md Researching Azure DevOps REST APIs, selecting api-version, or handling Azure DevOps Server (on-prem) endpoints.

not rated 385 +1 5d ago A 178 tokens original MIT

OpenAI4S AGENTS.md

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PKU-YuanGroup/OpenAI4S

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

Project instructions for OpenAI4S, a project that recreates the Claude Science service using a low-cost Doubao API.

not rated 381 today A 4 tokens copy · 100% MIT

tae0y/real-estate-mcp

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Instructions for tae0y/real-estate-mcp, covering claude.md, project overview, commands, run a single test file and run a single test by name.

not rated 373 1mo ago A 1,480 tokens original MIT

EDDI AGENTS.md

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labsai/EDDI

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

AGENTS.md instructions for labsai/EDDI, covering eddi backend — ai agent instructions, 1. project context, ecosystem, key architecture and build & test commands.

not rated 372 today C 15,605 tokens original Apache-2.0