Add Run Instructions to AGENTS.md So Coding Agents Can Run Your App

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-08-24 · Open on X

Topics: AI Dev Tools & Productivity, AI Agents, Tool Use & MCP · Level: beginner

Summary

Coding agents like Codex, Grok and Claude Code make it easier to run apps from GitHub source. If you maintain a repo, put run instructions in AGENTS.md so agents can follow them.

Key points

• Ask a coding agent such as Codex, Grok or Claude Code to run apps you download from GitHub.
• Repo maintainers should add a 'Run' section to AGENTS.md.
• AGENTS.md acts as a README written for AI agents, telling them how to set up and run the project.

Resources mentioned

• OpenAI Codex · tool · openai.com · paid
  OpenAI's coding agent. In the diagram it writes code, fixes review findings and drives the build loop. The creator also used it to make this video.
  Also in: An agent bot that installs and drives Codex on its own (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Asking a Coder bot to install Codex (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Sign in with ChatGPT: Setting Usage Limits for Each App (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Codex Cloud Environments Must Be Saved & Published Before Use (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 240 more
• Grok · tool · x.com · free
  xAI's AI assistant. Here it is used as a terminal coding agent that also runs with the 'agent' alias.
  Also in: OpenAI Dots: Agents Inside ChatGPT That Debug, Fix, and Open PRs (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Grok Team Bots: Shared AI Teammates in Slack and Grok (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Cue by Manus: A New Rival to the Grok Bot on X (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), How to Grow an X (Twitter) Account: 9 Practical Tips from Melvin Vivas (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 14 more
• Claude Code · tool · code.claude.com · paid · recommended by both Bashiri Smith & Melvin Vivas
  Build agents and pipelines from the terminal; the guide's main agentic coding tool.
  Also in: Create Claude Code Plugins with /plugin-authoring (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Claude Code mods: customize behavior and UI with plugins (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), AI Engineer Roadmap Overview: From ML Foundations to RAG, Agents & Ops (Bashiri Smith on Facebook · notes), SkillsBento: Free Plugin Marketplace for Codex and Claude Code (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 101 more
• AGENTS.md · docs · agents.md · free
  Instruction file format that gives coding agents project context such as the tech stack, skills and MCP servers.
  Also in: Claude Code Now Reads AGENTS.md When CLAUDE.md Is Missing (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Subagents with mixed models: a strong planner and a fast executor (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Updating Skills and AGENTS.md for Astra with OpenAI's Guidance (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), How to Prompt GPT-6 Astra in Codex: Simpler Instructions, Leaner AGENTS.md (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 5 more

Try this

• Add a Run section with setup and run commands to the AGENTS.md file in your GitHub repos.
• Ask a coding agent to run any repo you clone.