Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to validatedpatterns/docs. 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/validatedpatterns/docs/main/AGENTS.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/validatedpatterns/docsWrote 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/validatedpatterns/docs/agents-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/validatedpatterns/docs/agents-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/validatedpatterns/docs/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/validatedpatterns/docs/agents-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/validatedpatterns/docs/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 | $0.02421 | $0.02421 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00968 | $0.00968 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $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 1mo 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.
- 1mo 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 2d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 2,421 tokens to every session, about $0.0097 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 2026-08-30.
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