clarify agent instructions #5655
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- Update logging guidance to allow errors/security events - Clarify error context rule (anyhow .context() usage) - Make instructions more specific and actionable
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Pull Request Overview
This PR clarifies the project's logging guidance to specify when logging statements are acceptable, preventing AI assistants from misinterpreting the anti-logging guidance.
- Updated logging guidelines to explicitly allow logging for errors and security events
- Ensures consistency across both agent instruction files
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| AGENTS.md | Added exception to logging guidance allowing logs for errors or security events |
| .github/copilot-instructions.md | Updated skip criteria to clarify that logging suggestions are acceptable for errors or security events |
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* main: (83 commits) silence copilot on minor text issues (block#5665) fix: disallow runaway subagent chains (block#5659) chore: remove usage of non-existent env var for log dir (block#5658) clarify agent instructions (block#5655) feat: add check-everything for unified style checks (block#5650) Show errors on failure (block#5643) custom instructions for copilot reviews (block#5646) fix: prevent repeated 404 errors when accessing deleted sessions (block#5644) Flake.nix corrected main (block#5600) fix: goose recipe list can return duplicated entries (block#5645) fix: bedrock creds refresh (block#5599) Fix Claude Code provider to default to Auto mode (block#5638) (block#5642) Scheduler cleanup (block#5571) Better search paths and handling of CLI providers (block#5554) docs: description required for "Add Extension" in cli - phase 2 (block#5635) Remove some logging (block#5631) Use session IDs as task IDs for subagents instead of UUIDs (block#5398) Fix the naming (block#5628) fix: default tetrate model is broken, replace with haiku-4.5 (block#5535) (block#5587) Fetch less and use the right SHA (block#5621) ...
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* main: silence copilot on minor text issues (#5665) fix: disallow runaway subagent chains (#5659) chore: remove usage of non-existent env var for log dir (#5658) clarify agent instructions (#5655) feat: add check-everything for unified style checks (#5650) Show errors on failure (#5643) custom instructions for copilot reviews (#5646) fix: prevent repeated 404 errors when accessing deleted sessions (#5644) Flake.nix corrected main (#5600) fix: goose recipe list can return duplicated entries (#5645) fix: bedrock creds refresh (#5599)
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Signed-off-by: Blair Allan <[email protected]>
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Clarifying language so we don't confuse the bots
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