Give your AGENTS.md a cleanup with GPT-6 Astra: old scaffolding rules now hurt
alexcovo_eth · x · 2026-09-06
A practical workflow for cleaning up agent configs with GPT-6 Astra: feed it OpenAI's official Model Guidance plus Eric Provencher's article on rethinking skills and prompts, then have it audit your active AGENTS.md, SKILL.md, and long-term instructions to flag what to delete, change, or drop.
Key insight: rules added to prop up older models can now get in Astra's way — coding agent best practices are shifting fast, and handholding scaffolding is often no longer needed.
Recommended to run the audit first and only edit after confirming the findings.
Related event: Cleaning Up AGENTS.md and Skills for the GPT-6 Astra Era(2 posts)→
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