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AGENTS.md is an open format standard for documenting instructions that AI coding agents need to work on software projects. Think of it as a README for agents: a dedicated, predictable place for setup commands, code style, testing instructions, and project conventions. Stewarded by the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation, it is used by 60,000+ open-source projects.
Official collection of Agent Skills for Obsidian, created by CEO Steph Ango (kepano). Teaches AI agents how to work with Obsidian Markdown (wikilinks, callouts, frontmatter), Bases databases, JSON Canvas whiteboards, the Obsidian CLI, and Defuddle web extraction. Compatible with Claude Code, Codex, and any skills-compatible agent. 13.9k+ GitHub stars.
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