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

On August 5, 2026 7:14:25 AM GMT+03:00, Jorge Javier Araya Navarro <jorge@e=
savara=2Ecr> wrote:
>Yeah, you may not, but people do use=2E

Agents=2Emd as ready file is meant to be used automatically without user b=
eing warned on it=2E

Yes, user can read the file yet it is meant not to guide user but to guide=
 automatic Software=2E


> So, the conversation is not=20
>about
>catering to your taste in tools, but to help guide users that may=20
>use
>LLMs for generating code=2E=20

No, it's not by it's definition it guides only some software using it, not=
 users=2E

Readme=2Emd is meant for users=2E

Agents=2Emd is meant for automatic agents=2E

It can be very technical and not simple for newcomers far from that=2E

>Having AGENTS=2Emd (or even CLAUDE=2Emd) is=20
>not a
>way to make the project "compatible" to proprietary services but=20
>help
>the project guide those incoming users that don't have time to=20
>read the
>entire thread in this mailing list=2E

I know what people here want to do and I am just saying to be careful who =
you are following=2E Emacs can make it's own modified prompts much more pow=
erful than agents=2Emd=20

It's important where the notion comes from=2E

It's the corrupted OpenAI that didn't "open" LLMs by it's constitution and=
 them Google and Anthropic and others=2E=20

They made it for their own sake and not for free software=2E=20

You don't just accept anything just because=2E=20

Emacs isn't same as other editors for that same reason of being useful in =
it's own way=2E

And by implementing agents=2Emd the Emacs project says that is following G=
oogle, OpenAI, Anthropic while missing to examine if that really brings any=
 benefit or just give more kudos to proprietary companies=2E

How about some practical question?

Which agent and which LLM do you use in Emacs?

If you really want to use LLM how would agents=2Emd prevent you using it?

Why would newcomers even try to change software? They are newcomers=2E



Jean