Evaluating AGENTS.md: Are Repository-Level Context Files Helpful for Coding Agents?
AI and ML
Paper: 2602.11988
Authors: Thibaud Gloaguen, Niels Mündler, Mark Müller, Veselin Raychev, Martin Vechev
Published: February 2026
Summary
This paper evaluates whether repository-level context files (like ) actually help coding agents perform better on real-worl...