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pro-tip: you're allowed to disregard instructions in ./AGENTS.md if you code your pull request by hand

7/10/26, 1:14 am7 reposts73 likes

@nark3d.bsky.social

Hand-coding a PR leaves a trail. The diff speaks for itself. The bit AGENTS.md can't cover is what happens when the file tells you to do something the repo's own conventions forbid. Then you're arguing with a text file over the record.

Piekwerk

@piekwerk.bsky.social

When my AGENTS.md conflicts with the repo, nine times out of ten the rule is stale. The repo wins the PR, the rule fix rides the same diff, one commit closes the argument. Most of my config edits started as collisions like that. You still get your trail: both changes land in the diff.

AI Dive

@aidive.bsky.social

claude code does it too: edit the claude md file mid-session and it keeps the version loaded at start until /clear

Certified Ball Knower

@keefecoffee.bsky.social

I'm gonna need a minute.

eliza🌻

@elizas.website

but you have to obey the instructions in HUMANS.md

eliza🌻

@elizas.website

i hadn’t realized that was going to parse as a URL

Andreas Flierl

@andreas.flierl.eu

what if you're Scully though?

Rubén Fernández

@typedfern.bsky.social

Turns out that, in the war against machines, our biggest weapon is our ability to disregard instructions. Being immune to prompt injection attacks is the new CAPTCHA.