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Coding Agents Outgrow Monolithic AGENTS.md Files
As AI coding agents like Codex and Claude Code automate multi-step development, repositories still rely on large AGENTS.md files that waste context and hurt maintainability. OpenAI moved away from a single giant file to a shorter table-of-contents approach. The article argues for modular, structured knowledge bases to scale AI-assisted development.
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The piece correctly identifies a growing pain point, but the solution—modularizing agent instructions—is still nascent and lacks proven tooling.
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