paper_format_agent: Instructions file for Codex

AGENTS.md

paper_format_agent AGENTS.md is an instructions file for Codex, OpenCode from zxyasfas/paper_format_agent. It costs 210 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Repository instructions for a local-first agent that formats academic papers. They describe the commands, safety rules, testing expectations, and useful areas for contributions.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when developing or reviewing the paper-formatting agent, especially for adding format rules, checking DOCX output, improving failure reports, or building local integrations such as MCP, GitHub Actions, and batch processing.
Why use it?
They give an agent clear boundaries for changing paper-formatting code without altering academic content or checking private material into the repository. They also make validation and tests part of the normal workflow.

Instructions file for CodexOpenCode

Written for Codex and OpenCode: the file is AGENTS.md.

This is zxyasfas/paper_format_agent's own configuration. It tells Codex and OpenCode how to work on paper_format_agent itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything paper_format_agent configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to zxyasfas/paper_format_agent. 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/zxyasfas/paper_format_agent/main/AGENTS.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zxyasfas/paper_format_agent

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Per session 210 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 210 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.
Token cost

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.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00210 $0.00210
Opus 5.5 $0.00084 $0.00084
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00042 $0.00042
Haiku 4.5 $0.00021 $0.00021

Measured 1mo ago against content hash dea5ee3ea63d, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

paper_format_agent 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.

AGENTS.md · 26 lines

What it actually says

Agent Instructions

This repository contains a local-first academic paper formatting agent. Keep changes narrow, deterministic, and test-backed.

Commands

python tools/validate_skill.py
python -m unittest discover -s tests -p "test_*.py"
python tools/compile_check.py

Guardrails

  • Do not commit real papers, private templates, API keys, generated DOCX/PDF files, or local output folders.
  • Preserve content by default. Formatting changes must not rewrite academic prose unless a user explicitly opts in.
  • Prefer synthetic fixtures and short rule snippets in tests.
  • When adding a new format rule, include a test that fails without the change.

High-Value PR Areas

  • Template rules for more schools, journals, and conferences.
  • DOCX inspection and scoring coverage for tables, figures, equations, references, headers, and footers.
  • Better reports that explain what failed and how to fix it.
  • Local-only integrations such as MCP, GitHub Actions, and batch processing.
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.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 26 lines · 210 tokens per session scan A dea5ee3ea63d

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paper_format_agent AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository zxyasfas/paper_format_agent (86 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 210 tokens to every session, about $0.0008 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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