AGM-001 Valid Markdown Structure

Summary

• Rule ID: AGM-001
• Severity: HIGH
• Category: AGENTS.md
• Normative Level: MUST
• Verified On: 2026-02-04

Applicability

• Tool: all
• Version Range: unspecified
• Spec Revision: unspecified

Evidence Sources

• https://developers.openai.com/codex/guides/agents-md
• https://docs.cursor.com/en/context
• https://docs.cline.bot/features/custom-instructions

Test Coverage Metadata

• Unit tests: true
• Fixture tests: true
• E2E tests: false

Examples

The following examples are illustrative snippets for this rule category.

Invalid

# Instructions
Do everything automatically.

Valid

## Project Instructions
- Use AGENTS.md as instruction entrypoint
- Keep commands explicit and test changes