Report · marked 25 Aug 2026
adobe/brackets
An agent will struggle here, mostly for fixable reasons.
JavaScript · 33,012 stars · 2,252 files · branch master
50
/100
C+
Instructions
3/27Whether the repo tells an agent how to behave before it starts guessing. Losing marks on agent instruction file and instruction quality.Setup
6/14Whether an agent can install the project and get it running without a human. Losing marks on deterministic install and pinned runtime version.Verification loop
22/25Whether an agent can check its own work. This is the category that most decides whether agent output is trustworthy. Losing marks on static type checking.Context economy
10/20Whether the repo fits in a context window, or fights it. Losing marks on no committed build output and file sizes fit in context.Navigability
7/10How quickly anything new can orient itself. Losing marks on written documentation and repository description.
Higher is better. Accent marks what is costing you most.
Fix these first
01
Agent instruction file
Add an AGENTS.md at the root: what the project is, how to install, how to run, how to test, and the two or three conventions a newcomer always gets wrong.
02
Instruction quality
Instructions earn their keep by naming exact commands. 'Run the tests with `pnpm test`' beats three paragraphs of philosophy.
03
Deterministic install
Commit the lockfile your package manager generates. Without it, an agent's install and your install are different builds, and 'works on my machine' becomes unfalsifiable.
The full marking
Every deduction below names the file or setting it came from.
Instructions 3/27 F
Whether the repo tells an agent how to behave before it starts guessing.
✗Agent instruction file
0/12
None found. Every agent that opens this repo starts from zero.
Add an AGENTS.md at the root: what the project is, how to install, how to run, how to test, and the two or three conventions a newcomer always gets wrong.
Looked for AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, .github/copilot-instructions.md, .cursorrules
✗Instruction quality
0/12
Nothing to judge, since there are no instructions.
Instructions earn their keep by naming exact commands. 'Run the tests with `pnpm test`' beats three paragraphs of philosophy.
✓README as an entry point
3/3
README has a clear getting-started section.
Setup 6/14 C
Whether an agent can install the project and get it running without a human.
✗Deterministic install
0/6
No lockfile. An agent installing dependencies may not get what CI got.
Commit the lockfile your package manager generates. Without it, an agent's install and your install are different builds, and 'works on my machine' becomes unfalsifiable.
✓Discoverable commands
6/6
Commands are declared where an agent will look for them.
package.json scripts (prepush, postinstall, test, eslint)
–Environment config
n/a
Not applicable — this reads as a library, with no environment to configure.
✗Pinned runtime version
0/2
No pinned runtime version.
Add a .nvmrc, .python-version, or equivalent so the agent's toolchain matches yours.
–Reproducible environment
n/a
Not applicable — a library doesn't need a container to be worked on.
Verification loop 22/25 A
Whether an agent can check its own work. This is the category that most decides whether agent output is trustworthy.
✓Tests exist
8/8
851 test files against 1003 source files.
e.g. src/extensibility/node/spec/Installation.spec.js, src/extensibility/node/spec/Validation.spec.js, src/extensions/default/JavaScriptQuickEdit/unittest-files/jquery-ui/tests/.jshintrc
✓Test command is discoverable
7/7
An agent can find and run `npm run test`.
✓Continuous integration
4/4
.travis.yml defines what "passing" means.
✓Lint and format rules
3/3
.eslintrc.js encodes the house style.
✗Static type checking
0/3
No static type checking.
A type checker gives an agent an error message instead of a runtime surprise. It's the second-fastest feedback loop after the compiler.
Context economy 10/20 C+
Whether the repo fits in a context window, or fights it.
✗No committed build output
3/6
Generated output is committed: node_modules/.
Add these to .gitignore and `git rm -r --cached` them. Generated files pollute search results, so an agent grepping for a function finds the compiled copy and edits the wrong file.
✓.gitignore hygiene
3/3
.gitignore covers 33 patterns.
✗File sizes fit in context
0/6
22 source files are over 100KB.
A single file that fills the context window forces an agent to work from fragments, and it will confidently edit code it never saw. Splitting the worst offenders pays for itself immediately.
test/perf/OpenFile-perf-files/brackets-concat.js — 3290KB
src/extensions/default/JavaScriptQuickEdit/unittest-files/jquery-ui/jquery-1.7.2.js — 247KB
src/extensions/default/JavaScriptQuickEdit/unittest-files/jquery-ui/tests/jquery-1.7.2.js — 247KB
✗Repository weight
4/5
About 93.0MB checked out, which is comfortable.
Here is your AGENTS.md
Drafted from what is actually in this repository: the install
command from your lockfile, the commands you already declare, your real directory layout. Anything
marked TODO needs a person. Save it at the root as AGENTS.md.
# AGENTS.md An open source code editor for the web, written in JavaScript, HTML and CSS. ## Setup ``` npm install ``` ## Commands ``` npm run test # run the test suite, must pass before any commit npm run prepush npm run postinstall npm run eslint ``` ## Layout - `src/` 781 source files - `test/` 210 source files - `tasks/` 7 source files - `tools/` 3 source files ## Conventions - Tests live alongside the code they cover, following `src/extensibility/node/spec/Installation.spec.js`. - TODO: add the two or three conventions a newcomer always gets wrong here. ## Gotchas - `test/perf/OpenFile-perf-files/brackets-concat.js` is 3290KB. It will not fit comfortably in context, so read it in parts. - No lockfile is committed, so an install here may not match what CI produced. --- Drafted by agentreadme.com from what is in this repository. Everything marked TODO needs a human. Check it in as AGENTS.md at the root.
Open the raw markdown
or
curl -o AGENTS.md agentreadme.com/draft/adobe/brackets.md
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