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
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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.