What is temporal-java-template AGENTS.md?

An instruction file for a Java starter project built with Temporal, a system for running reliable multi-step workflows, plus Spring Boot and Gradle.

Use it when developing or testing the template's HTTP and crawler workflows or other Java workflow applications based on it.

It gives an agent the project overview, required technologies, and quality expectations before it changes the template.

How temporal-sa/temporal-java-template configures Codex and OpenCode

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to temporal-sa/temporal-java-template. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/temporal-sa/temporal-java-template/main/AGENTS.md

Clone the repo

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/temporal-sa/temporal-java-template

Made for: Codex, OpenCode.

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When invoked 3,939 The same file — it is already loaded in full.

Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.

Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.

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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	$0.03939	$0.03939
Opus 5.5	$0.01576	$0.01576
Sonnet 5.5	$0.00788	$0.00788
Haiku 4.5	$0.00394	$0.00394

Measured 2mo ago against content hash f6ea22bfd7f3, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

temporal-java-template 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 2mo 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.

AGENTS.md · 494 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 494 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Temporal Java Template - AI Assistant Guide

This document provides comprehensive guidance for AI assistants (like Claude, GitHub Copilot, or ChatGPT) working with this Temporal Java SDK project template.

Overview

This is a Temporal Java SDK project template designed for building reliable, distributed applications using modern Java practices. The template demonstrates core Temporal patterns through two practical workflows (HTTP and Crawler) while maintaining production-grade code quality standards.

Primary Use Case: Starting point for AI-enabled workflow development in Java, with emphasis on:

Type-safe workflow orchestration
Comprehensive testing patterns
Enterprise-grade code quality
Spring Boot integration

Tech Stack

Understanding these technologies is essential for working with this codebase:

Core Technologies

Temporal SDK (1.25.2): Orchestration engine for building resilient distributed systems
Java 21: LTS version with modern language features (records, pattern matching, virtual threads)
Spring Boot 3.3.6: Application framework and dependency injection
Gradle 8.11.1: Build automation with Groovy DSL

Data & HTTP

Jackson: JSON serialization/deserialization (Temporal's default)
Java Records: Immutable data models for workflow inputs/outputs
RestTemplate: HTTP client for activities
Jakarta Validation: Input validation annotations

Code Quality

Checkstyle: Google Java Style enforcement
SpotBugs: Static analysis for bug detection
Spotless: Automatic code formatting (Google Java Format)
JaCoCo: Code coverage reporting (80% minimum)

Testing

JUnit 5: Modern testing framework
Mockito: Mocking framework for unit tests
TestWorkflowEnvironment: Temporal's in-memory testing with time-skipping

Development Tools

Lombok: Reduce boilerplate (used sparingly, prefer records)
Pre-commit: Git hooks for code quality
Gradle Toolchains: Automatic JDK provisioning

Read the full file on GitHub · 494 lines

Changes

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.

2mo ago First seen · 494 lines · 3,939 tokens per session scan A f6ea22bfd7f3

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temporal-java-template AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository temporal-sa/temporal-java-template (2 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 3,939 tokens to every session, about $0.0158 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.

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