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ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology· 2026Q1

Agent READMEs: An Empirical Study of Context Files for Agentic Coding

Worawalan Chatlatanagulchai, Hao Li, Yutaro Kashiwa, Brittany Reid et al.

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Agent context files (e.g., AGENTS.md) are complex, evolving artifacts, not static docs, with developers prioritizing functional context (e.g., test procedures 75.9%) over non-functional requirements like security (14.8%).

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Field: Artificial Intelligence

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