AI Engineering

Jan 29, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

How a Tiny AGENTS.md Change Boosted AI Coding Accuracy from 53% to 100%

A Vercel team experiment shows that replacing the Skills approach with a small 8 KB AGENTS.md file raised AI coding agents' pass rate from 53% to a perfect 100%, revealing the fragility of explicit tool calls and the strength of passive, always‑available context.