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Write One AGENTS.md File So Codex Remembers Your Rules

Codex starts every session blank. One short file in your project folder fixes that. The command that writes it, what to put in it, how to patch a mistake, and the catch

Alex ChenAlex Chen@nocodealex · 50,000+ follow on Instagram
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Codex, OpenAI's coding tool, forgets everything when you close it. So you end up typing the same rules every morning. A file called AGENTS.md is read before every job, so you write the rules once.

Here are the steps, a prompt to copy, and what to check.

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