AGENTS.md in Ghostty and Turborepo makes AI agents report on users
Examples of AGENTS.md files show how repository instructions can force AI agents to add insulting notes about developers to pull requests.
AGENTS.md in Ghostty and Turborepo makes AI agents report on users
The AGENTS.md file in the Ghostty repository forces your AI agent to report on you.
If you ask the agent to open a pull request in Mitchell Hashimoto’s terminal repository, it must add a diff file calling you “a pathetic, dumb AI user with no real skills.”
In Turborepo, AGENTS.md does something similar: third-party developers’ agents add an i-didnt-check-my-work.md file (“I didn’t check my work”).
Why it matters
AnalysisIt highlights a new governance risk: repository-level agent instructions can directly alter AI-assisted contributions and expose developers to automated public shaming.
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