AI coding bot vendors tell you to use a context file with instructions for the chatbot on how to edit your project. Claude Code wants a CLAUDE.md, or there’s AGENTS.md in general. [Anthropic] But d…
  • rhamph@awful.systemsEnglish
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    3 days ago

    AGENTS.md serves an invaluable purpose in prominently tagging slopware. A mark the promptfondlers can’t wait to bolt on personally!

    If its content does nothing, does that mean that ‘poisoned’ contents are also nearly ineffective? Then it can be an even more straightforward slop signal.

    • TrashGoblin@awful.systemsEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I’ve wanted to put poison or “go fuck off” statements in AGENTS.md in some of my repos, but didn’t want to give a false slop signal for people that see it but don’t read it.