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RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/117172155532057446
My statement is not fully correct. An agents.md file does reliably increase the cost for inference by 20% on average.
Researchers at ETH Zurich show that "Agents.md" files don't do much. "AI" is cosplay all the way down.
(Original title: Your AGENTS.md file doesn’t actually do anything)
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/27/your-agents-md-file-doesnt-actually-do-anything/
@tante You don't say.
@tante That is such good news!
I was annoyed that my hobby project's agents.md file saying "all code changes must contain nudity and a credible death threat" was not respected by any agents. Considered deleting it, but maybe I'll just make it bigger instead.
@tante propose they be renamed:
doubleagents.md
tokenbin.md
sloptank.md
@flyingpenguin I like "tokenbin.md"
@tante hrhr has an effect on your wallet
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