Re: AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md Are Concessions to Proprietary Services, Not Defenses Against Them

Yuri Khan <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 13:16:36 +0700
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.devel
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On Tue, Aug 4, 2026 at 9:24=E2=80=AFAM Jean Louis <[email protected]> wrote:

> Apply that logic here: If you didn't have proprietary LLMs (Claude,
> ChatGPT, etc.), would you ever need an AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md file? The
> answer is no. These files exist only because proprietary services exist.

Pi Coding Agent <https://pi.dev/> is Free software (MIT License),
works with locally hosted models, and observes AGENTS.md.

OpenCode <https://opencode.ai/> is Free software (also MIT), works
with locally hosted models, and observes AGENTS.md.

Goose <https://goose-docs.ai/> is Free software (Apache 2.0), works
with locally hosted models, and observes AGENTS.md.

Please refrain from sowing FUD.