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

On August 5, 2026 10:32:55 AM GMT+03:00, "Dr=2E Arne Babenhauserheide" <arn=
e_bab@web=2Ede> wrote:
>One thing I don=E2=80=99t understand in this discussion: don=E2=80=99t th=
e tools check
>the CONTRIBUTE file?

That depends on many factors and there is no guarantee for it=2E

User can always tell to software to look in some file=2E

Personally I have a function that tries zo copy other depent functions so =
I kill bunch of them and can give to the LLM=2E So I don't need agent to st=
art wasting my time and analyzing everything as I do it finely grained=2E

Some software will go through whole project and analyze all files relevant=
=2E

People using proprietary LLMs or SaaS LLMs will water much money on agents=
 outside of Emacs=2E

Editing within Emacs is faster and easier for LLM to correct whatever code=
=2E

>Also AGENTS=2Emd is in markdown while CONTRIBUTE is in outline format=2E

That for agents is just extra prompt and proprietary companies decided on =
its file name=2E

Yet in Emacs we can add prompts anyhow we wish=2E

>Do the tools adhere to files written in outline format?

If you tell it maybe then, no guarantee=2E

>Using different markup formats in information files does not sound
>friendly to humans, and switching away from outline (which leads people
>naturally to org-mode, one of our killer applications) does not sound
>like a beneficial strategy=2E

Assign file sich as Org file as prompt modifier to the actual file or proj=
ect=2E

Let your LLM function verify if for some file there exist that file memory=
=2E

Decide if to use it=2E

That is flow to use file or project memories no matter how they are called=
=2E

Agents file is initiated by OpenAI for which we know is corrupt and by Goo=
gle and Anthropic and it's purpose is not to defer agent software but to gu=
ide it how to develop some project or how to act in some directory=2E

By simplicity it's just prompt ingested automatically and together with ot=
her prompts=2E

I can do the same effect by assigning some file having prompt for LLM to t=
he file=2E So it's just structure and serves more or less purpose of propri=
etary companies so that they can work with each other=2E

It's far from best system to modify prompts given to LLM based on the proj=
ects or files=2E

And it's for user to modify it as one wants=2E

Making Agents=2Emd that works against LLM code generation is also against =
the purpose of Agents=2Emd yet invites people to use agents on Emacs=2E Use=
r will find agents=2Emd on file system or internet and feel invited if they=
 don't know what's about=2E Agents may do that too=2E

Why would GNU project follow some closed  and corrupted OpenAI, Google or =
Anthropic forced standard? It's not a standard at all=2E

It's not a static file=2E It can be deleted or modified=2E

That means anybody can anyway generate LLM code for Emacs=2E

I have database entries and memories and in different context I can invoke=
 modified prompts=2E I need no agents=2Emd

Qnd there is no guarantee that LLM will follow it=2E This it achieves noth=
ing but gossip and discussion=2E

Better for GNU would be to make own software in Emacs=2E

Modified prompt can easily be configured by custom for example=2E

Assign file to file memory, so file memory file can be modified prompt ass=
igned inside of Emacs to specific file or specific project=2E

Such package in Emacs could be used by other packages and we would have fi=
nely grained agents=2Emd equivalent=2E

Easy to implement=2E



Jean