Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx agentmods add instructions/validatedpatterns/docs/agents-mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/validatedpatterns/docsWhat 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 | $0.02421 | $0.02421 |
| Opus 5 | $0.01210 | $0.01210 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00484 | $0.00484 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00242 | $0.00242 |
Grade A, and why
docs 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 2d 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 235 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
AGENTS.md
This file helps AI agents understand the structure, tooling, and conventions of the
Validated Patterns documentation repository so they can make correct, buildable changes.
For creating or reviewing documentation content, use the skills under .rulesync/skills/
(see AI documentation skills).
Project Overview
This is the documentation site for validatedpatterns.io,
built with Hugo (static site generator) and the PatternFly theme. Content is
authored in both AsciiDoc (rendered by Asciidoctor with Rouge syntax highlighting) and
Markdown (rendered by Goldmark). There is no JavaScript framework, no TypeScript, and
no package.json at the repository root.
Repository Layout
content/ Site content organized by section (blog/, ci/, contribute/, learn/, patterns/, search/)
modules/ Reusable AsciiDoc modules and pattern metadata (included via include::)
layouts/ Hugo templates, partials (layouts/partials/), and shortcodes (layouts/shortcodes/)
archetypes/ Hugo content scaffolds for new pages (blog, learn, contribute, pattern)
themes/patternfly/ Vendored PatternFly theme — do NOT edit
static/ Static assets (CSS, JS, images, videos)
assets/ Hugo asset pipeline (images)
utils/ Ruby scripts (e.g. flatten_yaml.rb for pattern metadata)
.rulesync/skills/ AI agent skills for creating and reviewing documentation (source of truth)
config.yaml Main Hugo configuration
Makefile Build, serve, and test commands
AI documentation skills
This repository includes agent skills under .rulesync/skills/. These are the required
workflows for creating and reviewing documentation. Do not free-form invent page
structure, frontmatter, or style rules when these skills apply — read the skill file first
and follow it precisely.
Skills may also be synced into editor-specific locations (for example .claude/skills/ or
Cursor skills) via rulesync. Prefer the skill when
it is available in the agent environment; if it is not loaded, read the source files under
.rulesync/skills/ directly and execute the same workflow.
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.
- 2d ago First seen · 235 lines · 2,421 tokens per session scan A 5847f2c57d3c
docs AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository validatedpatterns/docs (20 stars, last pushed 7d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 2,421 tokens to every session, about $0.0121 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 2026-08-30.
Other instructions, from other repositories
Skill_Seekers CLAUDE.md
Instructions for yusufkaraaslan/Skill_Seekers, covering claude.md, project overview, essential commands, required before running tests or cli (src/ layout) and run all tests (never skip - all must pass before commits).
docs-to-pdf CLAUDE.md
Instructions for jean-humann/docs-to-pdf, covering claude development guide for docs-to-pdf, project overview, development environment setup, using mise (recommended) and install mise (if not already installed).
core copilot-instructions.md
Instructions for asdecided/core: These decisions are already accepted. Do not re-open or contradict them; ask the AsDecided MCP tools (getartifact, searchartifacts) for the full text before proposing a change that touches one.
backend.ai AGENTS.md
AGENTS.md instructions for lablup/backend.ai, covering ai coding agent guidelines, document structure (agents.md / knowledge.md), writing style, document index and absolute rules (global).
alcove AGENTS.md
Instructions for epicsagas/alcove, covering claude.md, repository purpose, actual location, structure and karpathy 3-layer architecture.
slideops CLAUDE.md
Instructions for glukicov/slideops, covering claude.md, what this repository is, commands, the demo deck's citations must still match this repo and the citation mechanism (the core idea).