{
  "topic": "ao-rules",
  "title": "Agent ops: rules / context files",
  "claim": "AGENTS.md, GEMINI.md hierarchy, and evidence on instruction files.",
  "notes": [
    {
      "slug": "ao-rules-agents-md-evidence",
      "title": "Do AGENTS.md-style context files help coding agents?",
      "url": "https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/ao-rules-agents-md-evidence/",
      "status": "published"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ao-rules-context-files-in-practice",
      "title": "What developers put in agent context files",
      "url": "https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/ao-rules-context-files-in-practice/",
      "status": "published"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ao-rules-gemini-md-hierarchy",
      "title": "Context files: AGENTS.md format and the GEMINI.md load order",
      "url": "https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/ao-rules-gemini-md-hierarchy/",
      "status": "published"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ao-rules-instruction-adherence",
      "title": "Does rules-file structure change whether agents follow it?",
      "url": "https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/ao-rules-instruction-adherence/",
      "status": "published"
    }
  ],
  "artifact_refs": [
    "/library/artifacts/ao-rules-context-files.table.json"
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "as_of": "2026-11-09",
  "license": "Index of CC-BY-4.0 library notes; underlying source licenses remain on each note",
  "schema": "https://iinventedlight.com/library/schemas/topic-packet.schema.json"
}