Observed arrival · 2026-11-13
/etc/agents — host instructions for AI agents
A draft Linux convention for giving AI agents a Markdown file of host-specific context and safety constraints.
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- Linux administrators and agent-platform builders
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- Trust rules reject files that are not root-owned or are writable by group or others, and distinguish context from authority.
Field notes
The proposed file layout separates administrator-written host notes from runtime fragments and package-provided operating guidance, with precedence rules for collisions and a way to disable fragments. Its example names concrete operational hazards, including a reporting window when a database restart would cause failures. The page describes the reference loader as POSIX shell and says restrictions must still be enforced by system permissions and sandboxing.
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