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Are AGENTS actually useful for coding agents?
In our latest preprint, we analyze the effect of context files  on coding model performance.

Short TLDR: It depends. Manually-written files help, while LLM-generated files (e.g. by the agent) don't.

More details in the thread 🧵 https://t.co/MLfiIUuUQ8

Matt Pocock

A research preprint investigates whether AGENTS context files actually improve the performance of coding agents, analyzing their effect on coding mode behavior.