// Hacker Noon · 24 February 2026

Evaluating AGENTS.md: Are Repository-Level Context Files Helpful for Coding Agents?

A new study suggests AGENTS.md-style repo context files can reduce coding-agent success while raising inference cost. Here’s why—and what to do instead.

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