docs: set the writing and performance standards, and say where makit came from - #165
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Agents wrote long, passive prose in replies, commits, and docs. One rule now sets the style: ASD-STE100 (Simplified Technical English). AGENTS.md also held Cursor Cloud VM setup notes. Every agent read them in every session, on every platform. Remove them and keep the file to standards only. docs/DEVELOPMENT.md still documents the keyless e2e loop.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughAGENTS.md now requires ASD-STE100 prose for project communication and documentation. The existing TDD, SOLID, and verified-bug requirements remain unchanged. ChangesWriting Standard
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In `@AGENTS.md`:
- Line 5: Split the ASD-STE100 prose requirement into separate sentences. Keep
one instruction per sentence and limit each instruction to 20 words. Preserve
the existing scope and identifier exception.
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The ASD-STE100 requirement violated itself: 25 words, 5 instructions in one sentence. Split into 7 short sentences, one instruction per line, all ≤20 words. README.md: added 'Where it came from' section (origin story of makit).
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The ASD-STE100 bullet now obeys its own rule, but two neighbours did not. The speed bullet packed three instructions into one sentence. The verified-bug bullet opened with 25 words. Split both into one instruction per line, in the style of the writing bullet. Meaning is unchanged. Every sentence in the file is now 20 words or fewer.
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Problem:
AGENTS.mdsaid nothing about how to write, so agent prose came outpassive, long, and inconsistent. It also carried Cursor Cloud VM setup notes
that every agent loaded in every session, on every platform. And the README
explained what makit does, but never why it exists — so the trade-offs behind it
read as arbitrary.
Fix, in three parts:
AGENTS.mdnow requires ASD-STE100 (SimplifiedTechnical English) and lists the parts that matter in practice: active voice,
simple tenses, one instruction per sentence, ≤20 words, one word per meaning,
no idioms. Code identifiers, commands, and paths stay verbatim.
server light, prefer targeted updates over full rebuilds, keep heavy work off
the main thread, and measure before claiming a win.
## Where it came fromsection in the README saysplainly that terminals are the wrong shape for a phone on the go, and credits
the tools that inspired makit (Orca, Cursor, herdr, cmux, Superconductor,
Conductor, t3code) while stating makit is not on par with them.
Every standard in the file is written as one instruction per sentence, so the
file obeys the rule it states. CodeRabbit caught the first version breaking its
own 20-word limit; that is fixed, and the neighbouring bullets were held to the
same limit.
The Cursor Cloud section is removed. The keyless e2e loop it described is still
documented in
docs/DEVELOPMENT.md. The VM specifics doleave the repo: the
~/flutterabsolute-binary workaround, pnpm11.8.0viacorepack, and the harmless
tailscale: not foundstartup noise. That isdeliberate — they belong to one agent platform, not to every session.
Fit:
AGENTS.mdis the context file every harness (pi, codex, claude) loads forthis repo, so both standards reach all of them from the next session on. The
README is the front door for anyone new. No app, server, or test code is
touched, and no runtime behaviour changes.
PR-writing guidance was considered for
AGENTS.mdand deliberately left out. Itlives in a personal agent skill instead, so it applies across repos and costs no
context here.
Testing: docs-only, so there is nothing to execute.
git diff --stat origin/main...HEADcoversAGENTS.mdandREADME.mdonly.to check" (
flutter analyze, TypeScript typecheck, THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES),which confirms no code surface is affected.
words.
(
github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux,herdr.dev) rather than guessed.Note
Document writing standards, performance principles, and project origin in README and AGENTS
Macroscope summarized 531bc43.