Tell autonomous AI agents what they're allowed to do on your repo, in 60 seconds. Open standard. MIT licensed. No signup.
robots.txt told crawlers what to crawl.sitemap.xml told search engines what to index.llms.txt told LLMs what to read.agents.txt tells autonomous agents what they're allowed to do.
$ npm install -g @agent_press/agentpress $ agentpress init # answer 5 questions, get an agents.txt at your repo root + GitHub Action + README badge
Python? pip install agentpress-static
agents.txt declaresAllowed
Read code, run tests, file PRs, comment on issues.
Requires approval
Schema migrations, billing changes, production deploys.
Prohibited
Secret exfiltration, 2FA bypass, deceptive tracking, spam.
agentpress init drops a sensible agents.txt and supporting machine-readable surfaces in your repo.
agentpress/setup-action@v1 validates your contract on every PR, fails CI on misconfig, posts a step summary.
One markdown line. Every adopter advertises the standard for free.
@agent_press/mcp-server plugs into Claude Code, Cursor, Devin — agents respect contracts natively.
Syntax highlighting, snippets, on-save validation. The editor catches mistakes before you commit.
URL-bar badge when a repo or site has an agents.txt. Daily reminder of who's adopted.