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arxiv_cs_ai · Nov 6, 2026 · paper

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When Instruction Files Go Stale: Documentation Debt and Hidden Cost in Coding Agents

arxiv.orgNov 6, 2026
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LLM-based coding agents such as Claude Code are guided by repository instruction files (also called context files or agent configuration files) like AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md, which are read in every agent session. As a...

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When Instruction Files Go Stale: Documentation Debt and Hidden Cost in Coding Agents

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