Re: AGENTS.md

> From: Sean Whitton <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
> Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:41:10 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii [03/Aug  3:32pm +03] wrote:
> >> From: Sean Whitton <[email protected]>
> >> Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
> >> Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:04:44 +0100
> >>
> >> Eli Zaretskii [03/Aug  2:40pm +03] wrote:
> >> > Do we have any idea how effective is this in practice?  Does this
> >> > prevent what we want to avoid with likelihood that is close enough to
> >> > 100% for us to consider it the "solution"?  Because if not, we'd need
> >> > this _and_ the hooks as Plan B.
> >>
> >> I would be very surprised if an LLM just ignored the AGENTS.md, unless
> >> the user specifically told them to do that.  So I would say it's pretty
> >> close to 100%.
> >
> > I'm not worried by the file being ignored.  But the text is rather
> > general, so my bother is whether "instead of generating any code" is
> > enough to completely prevent code generation, especially if the user
> > asks for it, explicitly or implicitly.
> 
> We can say it repeatedly in more words to make it more salient.
> 
> I could also run some tests on it at work.

That would help, but I was actually asking about some evidence that
someone already provided.  Perhaps some investigation into the effects
of this is available somewhere?