AGENTS.md Emerges as Open Standard for AI Coding Agents - InfoQ
A new convention is emerging in the open-source ecosystem: AGENTS.md, a straightforward and open format designed to assist AI coding agents in software development. Already adopted by more than 20,000
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AGENTS.md standardizes AI coding agent configs as Markdown, emerging as open spec. Defines roles, tools, env vars, memory for reproducible agents across frameworks. Adopted by Cursor/Devin-like tools for interoperability.
infoq.com Created: August 29, 2025 Updated: March 6, 2026 article