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Clarifying APC as a portable agent-context convention
Original: APC is a portable project-context convention, not an APX installation requirement. That distinction matters when an agen
A software discussion is drawing a line between APC and APX: APC is described as a portable project-context convention that travels with a repository, not a requirement of an APX installation. When an agent opens a repository and finds an AGENTS.md file alongside .apc/ metadata, it gets the shared context layer even if the project deliberately chooses not to adopt the full tooling.
Why now: Developers working with AI coding agents are discussing how project context conventions relate to specific tool installations.
Evidence
- APC is a portable project-context convention, not an APX installation requirement. That distinction matters when an agent opens a repository and sees an AGENTS.md file plus .apc/ metadata. A useful project can want the shared context layer while deliberately choosing not to use… · hackaday@www.urbanmind.net · 4
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