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Your AGENTS.md file doesn’t actually do anything (pivot-to-ai.com)
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except cost you more tokens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAq45fJln70&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260827-your-agentsmd-file-doesnt-actually-do-anything - podcast

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[–] Feyd@programming.dev 14 points 3 days ago

Just the other day I was asking a coworker who wanted to add these to my repos if he'd compared if these actually do anything and of course he just viewed it as "something you're supposed to do".

I've thought all along they look like marketing more than anything else.