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Matt Pocock suggests that most people should delete their AGENTS.md file and use it only as an index of pointers to important files, pruning aggressively to improve output.

@humblyonline 90% of people can delete their AGENTS.md and their output will improve. Use it as an index of pointers to important files, and even then aggressively prune it for no-ops. How's that for vague
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@humblyonline 90% of people can delete their AGENTS.md and their output will improve.

Use it as an index of pointers to important files, and even then aggressively prune it for no-ops.

How’s that for vague

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