From 2c1adc7e7ae0d10119b0d7dad7234bab219bdb66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "K. Isom" Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 12:12:28 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] AGENTS.md: work only from this repository; delegate with the real rules The first M3a run's orchestrator copied a reference file from another checkout and logged it as its own work, and its workers got a summary of AGENTS.md instead of the file. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) (cherry picked from commit a30191555116440edcf01b40e2101cb5af4a1c21) --- AGENTS.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md index aafee6b..5dd5b83 100644 --- a/AGENTS.md +++ b/AGENTS.md @@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ Unix sockets. You are implementing it one task at a time. only that file, and tell the owner. A later session that finishes the task adds a new `done` row; it never edits the `stopped` row, because the record of the stop is part of the log. +5. Work only from files inside this repository. Never read another checkout or worktree (such as + `~/src/boxmaker-ref`), and never search the file system for code (`find /`, `locate`). If you + are stuck, stop as in point 4; copying code from elsewhere is not finishing the task. +6. If you hand a task to another agent, tell it to read `AGENTS.md` and the task file itself. Do + not pass on your own summary of either. Log what the agent did, as it did it. ## Files you must never edit