Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to TerminallyLazy/Tree-Ring-Memory. 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/TerminallyLazy/Tree-Ring-Memory/main/AGENTS.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/TerminallyLazy/Tree-Ring-MemoryWrote 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/terminallylazy/tree-ring-memory/agents-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/terminallylazy/tree-ring-memory/agents-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/terminallylazy/tree-ring-memory/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/terminallylazy/tree-ring-memory/agents-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/terminallylazy/tree-ring-memory/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 | $0.01038 | $0.01038 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00519 | $0.00519 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00208 | $0.00208 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00104 | $0.00104 |
Grade A, and why
Tree-Ring-Memory 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 — 83 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Tree Ring Memory
Read .tree-ring/AGENTS.md, .tree-ring/SKILL.md, and .tree-ring/CLI.md before substantive work. The project lifecycle hook runs receipt-backed recall at session boundaries and one strict automatic capture checkpoint before a session or subagent turn stops. Do not claim memory is active without a valid project-local recall receipt. Capture zero to three concise durable candidates; never store a transcript or invent memory.
Clean checkout: the marked memory preflight above applies when the generated
.tree-ring/AGENTS.md, SKILL.md, and CLI.md exist. If they are absent, treat
Tree Ring memory as inactive and continue with this tracked repository contract
and its DOX hierarchy. Initialize local memory only when setup is authorized;
missing generated files do not block ordinary repository work.
Tree Ring Memory repository
Tree Ring is a Rust workspace for local, lifecycle-aware agent memory. Read
README.md for commands and docs/protocol/harness-activation.md for activation.
Root ownership covers Cargo manifests, install.sh, schemas, shared assets,
marketplace descriptors, .github/workflows, and the canonical skills/ guide.
DOX framework
This repository uses agent0ai/DOX, adapted from
revision 765ae4ac02cc884eefcd41a3d0f71941721adb89 as its project instruction hierarchy. See upstream MIT license.
Read before editing
- Read this root file and identify the paths involved in the task.
- Walk from the root to each target, reading every applicable child
AGENTS.mdand following its Child DOX Index before editing. - Parent contracts remain in force. The nearest child adds local detail; it cannot weaken the DOX workflow or repository-wide authority and safety rules.
- Re-read the applicable chain in the current session. Recalled memory is a navigation aid, never a substitute for the current source and instructions.
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 · 83 lines · 1,038 tokens per session scan A cd45c3120aec
Tree-Ring-Memory AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository TerminallyLazy/Tree-Ring-Memory (17 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 1,038 tokens to every session, about $0.0052 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 2026-09-16.
Other instructions, from other repositories
vscode buildNext.instructions.md
Working notes and architecture documentation for the new esbuild-based build system in build/next. Use when making changes to the new build pipeline (transpile/bundle commands, NLS plugin, source-map handling, resource copying, or self-hosting watch tasks).
spec-kit AGENTS.md
AGENTS.md instructions for github/spec-kit, covering agents.md, about spec kit and specify, quickstart — add a new integration in 5 steps, integration architecture and integrationmanifest — file tracking.
next.js AGENTS.md
AGENTS.md instructions for vercel/next.js, covering next.js development guide, codebase structure, monorepo overview, core package: packages/next and other important packages.
codex AGENTS.md
AGENTS.md instructions for openai/codex, covering rust/codex-rs, the codex-core crate, code review rules, crate api surface and model visible context.
langchain AGENTS.md
AGENTS.md instructions for langchain-ai/langchain, covering global development guidelines for the langchain monorepo, corridor security analysis, project architecture and context, monorepo structure and development tools & commands.
vscode oss-third-party-notices.instructions.md
Instructions for microsoft/vscode, covering vs code oss third-party-notices pipeline, architecture, pipeline flow in ci, applying the notice (cutover) and fallback chain (never fail the build).