agent-rules-books

About agent-rules-books

📚 AI AGENTS Rules from Programming Books AGENTS.md rules / skills for Codex, Cursor, Claude Code, distilled from classic software engineering books about refactoring, architecture, DDD and code quality. MIT licensed universal project rules for coding agents. This repository contains ready-to-use rule sets inspired by well-known books on software design, architecture, refactoring, legacy code, reliability, and data-intensive systems. For editor-specific setup in Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor, see USAGE.md.

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Quick Facts

Stars	1,551
Forks	228
Category	Codex Skill
License	MIT
Quality Score	40.706/100
Open Issues	3
Last Updated	2026-05-22
Created	2026-04-16
Platforms	claude-code, codex
Est. Tokens	~451k

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is agent-rules-books?

agent-rules-books is AGENTS.md rules / skills for AI coding agents: Codex, Cursor & Claude Code. Inspired by Clean Code, Refactoring, DDD, Clean Architecture and DDIA programming books.. It is categorized as a Codex Skill with 1.6k GitHub stars.

How do I install or use agent-rules-books?

You can find installation instructions and usage details in the agent-rules-books GitHub repository at github.com/ciembor/agent-rules-books. The project has 1.6k stars and 228 forks, indicating an active community.

What license does agent-rules-books use?

agent-rules-books is released under the MIT license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

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