// Hacker Noon · 25 May 2026

AGENTS.md Was Built to Help Agents. I Use it to Catch Them.

AGENTS.md was built to guide coding agents, but I use it as a lightweight filter for low-effort AI-generated PRs. If an agent follows the repo instructions, it self-discloses in the PR template, gets labeled, and the contributor has to prove they actually ran the code.

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