Netresearch AI skill for generating and maintaining AGENTS.md files following the agents.md specification.
What is AGENTS.md? A context file written for AI coding agents, not humans. Human readability is a side effect, not a goal. Adopted by 60,000+ open-source projects. See the official specification and best practices from 2,500+ repositories.
This skill implements two complementary standards:
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agents.md - The file format this skill generates. A simple Markdown convention for guiding AI coding agents, supported by Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and 60,000+ open-source projects.
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Agent Skills - How this skill is packaged and distributed. A portable format for procedural knowledge that works across AI agents.
Supported Platforms:
- ✅ Claude Code (Anthropic)
- ✅ Cursor
- ✅ GitHub Copilot
- ✅ Other skills-compatible AI agents
- Thin Root Files - ~30 lines with precedence rules and global defaults
- Scoped Files - Automatic subsystem detection (backend/, frontend/, internal/, cmd/)
- Auto-Extraction - Commands from Makefile, package.json, composer.json, go.mod
- Multi-Language - Templates for Go, PHP, TypeScript, Python, and hybrid projects
- Idempotent Updates - Preserve existing structure while refreshing content
- Managed Headers - Mark files as agent-maintained with timestamps
claude mcp add-json netresearch-skills-bundle '{"type":"url","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netresearch/claude-code-marketplace/main/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json"}'Then browse skills with /plugin.
Download the latest release and extract to ~/.claude/skills/agents/
composer require netresearch/agent-agentsRequires: netresearch/composer-agent-skill-plugin
The skill triggers on keywords like:
- "AGENTS.md", "agents file"
- "agent documentation", "AI onboarding"
- "project context for AI"
"Generate AGENTS.md for this project"
"Update the agents documentation"
"Create scoped AGENTS.md files for each subsystem"
"Validate AGENTS.md structure"
| Type | Detection | Features |
|---|---|---|
| Go | go.mod |
Version extraction, CLI tool detection |
| PHP | composer.json |
TYPO3/Laravel/Symfony detection |
| TypeScript | package.json |
React/Next.js/Vue/Express detection |
| Python | pyproject.toml |
Poetry/Ruff/Django/Flask detection |
| Hybrid | Multiple markers | Auto-creates scoped files per stack |
agents/
├── SKILL.md # AI instructions
├── README.md # This file
├── LICENSE # GPL-2.0-or-later
├── composer.json # PHP distribution
├── references/ # Convention documentation
├── scripts/ # Generator scripts
│ ├── generate-agents.sh
│ ├── validate-structure.sh
│ └── detect-scopes.sh
└── templates/ # Language-specific templates
├── go/
├── php/
├── typescript/
└── python/
Contributions welcome! Please submit PRs for:
- Additional language templates
- Detection signal improvements
- Script enhancements
- Documentation updates
GPL-2.0-or-later - See LICENSE for details.
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