AGENTS.md

Deep Dive: AGENTS.md

A convention standard introduced by OpenAI – a Markdown file in the repository that gives AI agents instructions for navigating and working in the codebase.

Business Value & ROI

Why it matters for 2026

Makes your codebase 'agent-friendly' and enables different AI tools to work consistently and safely with your code.

We recommend AGENTS.md as standard for every new project. It's like a README, but for your AI colleagues instead of humans.