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famclaw AGENTS.md

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famclaw/famclaw

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

AGENTS.md instructions for famclaw/famclaw, covering famclaw — agent instructions, codebase orientation, runtime shape, package map (internal/) and entry points.

not rated 5 4d ago A 5,358 tokens AGPL-3.0

termaway CLAUDE.md

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alexkerber/termaway

Instructions file

Instructions for alexkerber/termaway, covering claude.md, project: termaway, commands, project structure and architecture.

not rated 5 1mo ago C 3,272 tokens original MIT

bruce CLAUDE.md

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DemitriusQuadros/bruce

Instructions file

Claude Code instructions for DemitriusQuadros/bruce, covering claude.md, commands, running the application locally, infrastructure (docker) and tests.

not rated 5 5mo ago A 2,513 tokens

immichctrl AGENTS.md

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lidless-labs/immichctrl

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

Instructions for lidless-labs/immichctrl, covering agents.md - working in this repo, every session, definition of done, memory owner and memory handoff (mandatory).

not rated 5 +1 1mo ago A 1,086 tokens original MIT

axon AGENTS.md

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dinglebear-ai/axon

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

AGENTS.md instructions for dinglebear-ai/axon, a project described as: Self-hosted RAG stack for crawl, scrape, search, ingest, query, and ask workflows with Qdrant, TEI embeddings, Chrome rendering, MCP/CLI/REST, and Gemini synthesis.

not rated 4 today A 4 tokens AGPL-3.0

switchboard AGENTS.md

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newtv-ai/switchboard

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

Instructions for newtv-ai/switchboard, covering switchboard — agent guide (agents.md), what this project is, source of truth, repo layout (monorepo, npm workspaces) and commands (from repo root).

not rated 4 1mo ago A 667 tokens original MIT

cortex CLAUDE.md

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dinglebear-ai/cortex

Instructions file

Claude Code instructions for dinglebear-ai/cortex, covering claude.md — cortex, repo facts, commands, architecture and ports.

not rated 3 today A 8,728 tokens AGPL-3.0

sidekick AGENTS.md

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geoffmcc/sidekick

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

AGENTS.md instructions for geoffmcc/sidekick, covering sidekick repository instructions, source of truth, database-first access, start and continuity and capability and execution rules.

not rated 3 changed today A 1,738 tokens GPL-3.0

vidtheque AGENTS.md

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T0mSIlver/vidtheque

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

Instructions for T0mSIlver/vidtheque, covering agents.md — how to work in this repo, ground truth, in order, invariants — never change these without tom, working here and git — multi-agent, incident-derived; follow exactly.

not rated 2 4d ago A 990 tokens original MIT

cms AGENTS.md

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PageWeave/cms

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

AGENTS.md instructions for PageWeave/cms, covering agents.md, project overview, stack & constraints, setup commands and testing instructions.

not rated 2 2mo ago A 1,801 tokens AGPL-3.0

Manifold AGENTS.md

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iamwavecut/Manifold

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

AGENTS.md instructions for iamwavecut/Manifold, covering manifold repository instructions, product boundary, identity invariants, rename invariants and error contract.

not rated 2 1mo ago A 1,140 tokens

inference-x AGENTS.md

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coeusyk/inference-x

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

Instructions for coeusyk/inference-x, covering openspec agent instructions for inferencex, working agreement, agent tooling (mandatory — token efficiency), two command paths only — no third and rtk proxy (rtk-ai/rtk).

not rated 2 24d ago A 2,642 tokens original MIT

vbot AGENTS.md

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Vironnimo/vbot

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

AGENTS.md instructions for Vironnimo/vbot, covering agents.md, talking to the user, discuss vs. act, implementation discipline and chat terminology.

not rated 1 changed today A 3,934 tokens original Apache-2.0

mcp-server AGENTS.md

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jorben/mcp-server

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

AGENTS.md instructions for jorben/mcp-server, covering agents.md - mcp server development guide, project overview, build commands, build typescript to javascript and start production server.

not rated 1 7mo ago A 1,085 tokens original MIT

Magnus-Gille/munin-memory

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

AGENTS.md instructions for Magnus-Gille/munin-memory, covering munin memory — project instructions, instruction contract, project purpose and architecture, sources of truth and session and state discipline.

not rated 1 today B 2,948 tokens original MIT

mnela CLAUDE.md

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SmartDogg/mnela

Instructions file

Claude Code instructions for SmartDogg/mnela, covering mnela — developer guide for claude code, architecture overview, deploy & dx paths (phase 10), project suggestions (adr-0051) and ai call routing (must read before touching).

not rated 1 1mo ago D 3,014 tokens original MIT

postern CLAUDE.md

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getpostern/postern

Instructions file

Claude Code instructions for getpostern/postern, covering postern — working notes for an agent in this repo, gotchas, invariants, shape and where the detail lives.

not rated 1 yesterday A 2,158 tokens original Apache-2.0

kizz-tech/vault-mcp-bridge

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

AGENTS.md instructions for kizz-tech/vault-mcp-bridge, covering vault mcp bridge engineering rules, product boundary, security boundary and engineering.

not rated 1 26d ago A 343 tokens original Apache-2.0

mcp-coolify AGENTS.md

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hecateq/mcp-coolify

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

AGENTS.md instructions for hecateq/mcp-coolify, covering ai coding assistant — save & restore instructions, 0. the 30-second elevator pitch, 1. hard rules — do not violate, 2. project structure and 3. workflow expectations.

not rated 1 17d ago A 3,024 tokens original MIT

ariaxhan/agentmailkit

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

AGENTS.md instructions for ariaxhan/agentmailkit, covering agentmailkit: setup guide for coding agents, compression — mandatory, 0. what this tool is, so you explain it correctly, 1. ask these questions first and 2. install.

not rated 1 7d ago A 2,584 tokens original MIT

sentou AGENTS.md

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TrueLineCollective/sentou

Instructions file CodexOpenCode

AGENTS.md instructions for TrueLineCollective/sentou, covering orientation for contributors and coding agents, stack and a real caveat, commands (all must pass before a pr is ready), where things live and conventions.

not rated 1 2mo ago A 679 tokens AGPL-3.0