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AGENTS.md vs CLAUDE.md: What 3,387 Agent Instruction Files Leave Out

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If your repo has an AGENTS.md, a CLAUDE.md, or both, a new preprint has numbers on what teams actually put in them, and what they leave out. On November 2, 2026, four researchers (Shanto, Islam, Asaduzzaman and Ngom) posted to arXiv a study of 3,387 agent instruction files (AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, co…

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  1. 2026-11-06 10:20 · DEV Community — AI
    AGENTS.md vs .cursorrules vs CLAUDE.md: what goes where
  2. 2026-11-05 16:54 · DEV Community — AI
    AGENTS.md vs CLAUDE.md: What 3,387 Agent Instruction Files Leave Out

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