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Which instruction file does what?
READMEs, agent guidance, scope, saved notes and what enforces nothing.
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README.md introduces a project
Identify human-oriented project information.
About 3 minutes · Open activity
AGENTS.md gives project guidance
Explain a convention for instructions to compatible agents.
About 4 minutes · Open activity
CLAUDE.md is a product convention
Recognize Claude Code guidance separately from generic Markdown.
About 4 minutes · Open activity
Scope determines where guidance applies
Resolve a supplied root-versus-folder instruction chain.
About 4 minutes · Open activity
Memory notes can become stale
Separate a saved observation from current evidence.
About 4 minutes · Open activity
Persona files shape behavior cues
Explain SOUL.md-like conventions without personifying software.
About 4 minutes · Open activity
Instructions are not access enforcement
Separate written rules from operating permissions.
About 4 minutes · Open activity
Sort the workspace notes
Place an overview, agent convention, skill entrypoint, saved fact and access setting into their roles, and explain which host consumes each.
About 5 minutes · Open activity