https://rustyeddy.com/tags/ai-agents/Recent content in AI Agents on Rusty EddyHugoen-usThu, 08 Oct 2026 19:48:43 -0700https://rustyeddy.com/software/writing-agent-instructions/Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://rustyeddy.com/software/writing-agent-instructions/<h2 id="working-thesis">Working Thesis</h2> <p>Agent instructions should be treated as an executable interface to a repository, not as a long prompt. A useful instruction set tells an agent where truth lives, which boundaries it must preserve, how to verify a change, and when to stop and ask for a decision.</p> <p>The <a href="https://github.com/rustyeddy/trader">Trader repository</a> and its <a href="https://github.com/rustyeddy/trader/pull/9">agent-instructions pull request</a> provide the running example. The pull request is intentionally useful as a work in progress: its structure shows what to centralize, while its review comments show why every path and command in an instruction file must be tested.</p>