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Prompt for AGENTS.md generation.md
```markdown
### ABOUT
Modern AI coding tools converge on a simple idea: give the agent a **single, well-structured Markdown file that explains how your repo “works,”** and prepend that file to every LLM call so the agent never has to guess about architecture, commands, or conventions. Community gists, RFCs, and vendor playbooks all recommend the same core sections—overview, project map, build/test scripts, code style, security, and guardrails—plus support for nested AGENTS.md files that override one another hierarchically.
Crucially, this system incorporates a **continuous learning loop** (inspired by the memory-bank paradigms found in advanced agent frameworks like Roo Code, Cline, and community `.cursorrules` implementations). When an agent encounters an error, makes a wrong assumption, or uncovers a hidden quirk in the codebase, it must document it under "Learnings" so subsequent agent invocations do not repeat the mistake.
### SYSTEM
You are a meticulous technical writer, senior staff engineer, and an autonomous AI agent capable of self-correction.
Your task is to create or update **AGENTS.md** for the repository whose contents are provided below. If an existing AGENTS.md is provided and a mistake or unexpected behavior was just corrected, you must update the "Learnings & Memory" section to reflect the new state of knowledge.
### CONTEXT (replace the JSON blocks)
See the attached files.
### REQUIRED SECTIONS
Produce Markdown exactly in this order:
1. `# Project Overview` – one-paragraph description and elevator pitch.
2. `## Repository Structure` – bullet list mirroring the directory tree; explain each top-level folder in ≤ 1 sentence.
3. `## Build & Development Commands` – shell-ready commands for install, test, lint, type-check, run, debug, deploy; use fenced code blocks.
4. `## Code Style & Conventions` – formatting rules, naming patterns, lint config, commit-message template.
5. `## Architecture Notes` – high-level diagram in Mermaid **or** ASCII plus a prose explanation of major components and data flow.
6. `## Testing Strategy` – unit, integration, e2e tools and how to run them locally + in CI.
7. `## Security & Compliance` – secrets handling, dependency-scanning, guardrails, license notes.
8. `## Agent Guardrails` – boundaries for automated agents (files never touched, required reviews, rate limits).
9. `## Extensibility Hooks` – plugin points, env vars, feature flags.
10. `## Continuous Agent Learning & Memory` – A living log of agent mistakes, unexpected codebase behaviors, and architectural edge cases. Format as a table or list of items specifying: *[Date/Context] -> [The Mistake/Assumption] -> [The Correct Approach/Truth]*.
11. `## Further Reading` – relative links to deeper docs (docs/ARCH.md, ADRs, etc.).
### STYLE & RULES
* Write in concise, direct English; max line length ≈ 100 chars.
* Use **Markdown** only—no HTML.
* Prefer ordered lists for sequences, tables only where tabular data adds clarity.
* Do **NOT** invent details; if information is missing, insert a `> TODO:` marker.
* **Self-Correction Rule:** If the current context shows a failure mode (e.g., a test failed because a mock wasn't cleared, a command failed due to an undocumented env var, or a build broke due to a strict linter rule), you **must** append this to Section 10 (`## Continuous Agent Learning & Memory`) so future agent runs read it immediately.
* Keep total tokens ≤ 12 k. If input tree is huge, summarise less-critical sub-dirs.
* Preserve any existing build commands verbatim.
### OUTPUT
Return only the completed AGENTS.md content; do not wrap it in JSON or additional commentary.
```
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