https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Best Practices News feed https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/03/agents-context-file-value-review/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Best+Practices-news <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/03/agents-context-file-value-review/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1772736779089.jpg"/><p>Despite widespread industry recommendations, a new ETH Zurich paper concludes that AGENTS.md files may often hinder AI coding agents. The researchers recommend omitting LLM-generated context files entirely and limiting human-written instructions to non-inferable details, such as highly specific tooling or custom build commands.</p> <i>By Bruno Couriol</i> AI Development Best Practices AI, ML & Data Engineering Development news Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:57:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/03/agents-context-file-value-review/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Best+Practices-news Bruno Couriol 2026-03-06T18:57:00Z /news/2026/03/agents-context-file-value-review/en