Records decisions and documentation. Use when making architectural decisions, changing public APIs, shipping features, or when you need to record context that future engineers and agents will need to understand the codebase.
agents-md
agents-md is an open-source docs skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by sickn33. Its author describes it as: “This skill should be used when the user asks to "create AGENTS.md", "update AGENTS.md", "maintain agent docs", "set up CLAUDE.md", or needs to keep agent instructions concise. Enforces research-backed best practices f…”. The project has 45k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills`.
Installation
Add agents-md to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skillsAlways review a skill's source before installing it. This command comes from the skill's public repository; the linked repo is the source of truth for exact setup steps.
When to use it
Reach for agents-md when you want docs help from your agent without writing the same instructions every session. Load the skill and the agent picks it up automatically for relevant tasks.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt
- Ships in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, an established project with 44,549 GitHub stars
- Actively maintained (recent commits)
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does agents-md do?
- This skill should be used when the user asks to "create AGENTS.md", "update AGENTS.md", "maintain agent docs", "set up CLAUDE.md", or needs to keep agent instructions concise. Enforces research-backed best practices for minimal, high-signal agent documentation.
- How do I install agents-md?
- Run /plugin marketplace add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills before installing.
- Is agents-md free to use?
- Yes. agents-md is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Where does agents-md come from?
- agents-md ships inside sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, a repository that contains 62 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 44,549 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
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