AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md examples, by language and framework
727 of 1,414 actively developed open-source products we track keep instruction files for coding agents. Pick a language or framework for real files to read, what projects like yours put in them, and a starting file.
| Language or framework | Files | Keep one | Typical length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 521 | 58% of 1,018 | 926 words | |
| 414 | 59% of 796 | 971 words | |
| 213 | 49% of 486 | 909 words | |
| 190 | 61% of 355 | 1,033 words | |
| 139 | 63% of 254 | 986 words | |
| 111 | 57% of 225 | 930 words | |
| 109 | 68% of 176 | 1,190 words | |
| 108 | 56% of 218 | 1,050 words | |
| 75 | 66% of 118 | 1,007 words | |
| 73 | 51% of 163 | 870 words | |
| 73 | 80% of 93 | 1,207 words | |
| 54 | 58% of 104 | 991 words | |
| 54 | 63% of 94 | 1,073 words | |
| 34 | 73% of 52 | 1,345 words | |
| 32 | 61% of 67 | 1,423 words | |
| 32 | 78% of 46 | 1,220 words | |
| 31 | 61% of 54 | 796 words |
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