Coding Agent Context Files Drift Out of Sync With the Codebase
AGENTS.md, skill files, and workflow rules for coding agents become stale as code evolves, degrading agent output quality and wasting tokens on irrelevant instructions. Microsoft research shows a 31-point accuracy improvement from better instruction setup. Tooling to audit, prune, and realign agent context files with actual codebase state addresses a high-ROI gap.
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