Report · marked 25 Aug 2026

agalwood/Motrix

Solid foundations, held back in a few specific places.

TypeScript · 54,550 stars · 1,824 files · branch main

84 /100 A-

Instructions 21/27Whether the repo tells an agent how to behave before it starts guessing. Losing marks on instruction quality.Setup 16/20Whether an agent can install the project and get it running without a human. Losing marks on environment config and pinned runtime version.Verification loop 25/25Whether an agent can check its own work. This is the category that most decides whether agent output is trustworthy. Full marks.Context economy 17/20Whether the repo fits in a context window, or fights it. Losing marks on file sizes fit in context and repository weight.Navigability 7/10How quickly anything new can orient itself. Losing marks on license.

Higher is better. Accent marks what is costing you most.

Fix these first

Instruction quality

Worth fixing: it never states a build, test, or run command; has no code blocks.

License

Without a license nobody can safely reuse this, and some tools will refuse to work with it at all.

Environment config

Add a .env.example listing every variable with a safe placeholder value. It's the cheapest possible fix and it unblocks the whole first run.

The full marking

Every deduction below names the file or setting it came from.

Instructions 21/27 A-

Whether the repo tells an agent how to behave before it starts guessing.

✓Agent instruction file 12/12

AGENTS.md is present, which is the format the most tools read.

Also found: CLAUDE.md

✗Instruction quality 6/12

Real instructions, with gaps.

Worth fixing: it never states a build, test, or run command; has no code blocks.

693 characters, a workable length

uses headings, so an agent can skim it

✓README as an entry point 3/3

README has a clear getting-started section.

Setup 16/20 A-

Whether an agent can install the project and get it running without a human.

✓Deterministic install 6/6

pnpm-lock.yaml pins the dependency tree.

Found pnpm-lock.yaml

✓Discoverable commands 6/6

Commands are declared where an agent will look for them.

package.json scripts (ensure:electron-runtime, prestart, start, build, build:electron, stage:electron…)

scripts/ directory

✗Environment config 2/4

Env vars are mentioned in the README but there's no example file to copy.

Add a .env.example listing every variable with a safe placeholder value. It's the cheapest possible fix and it unblocks the whole first run.

✗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 2/2

dockerfile gives a known-good environment.

Verification loop 25/25 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

714 test files against 1565 source files.

e.g. e2e/activity-tile.spec.ts, e2e/add-task.spec.ts, e2e/app-update-simulator.spec.ts

✓Test command is discoverable 7/7

An agent can find and run `npm run test`.

✓Continuous integration 4/4

5 GitHub Actions workflows define what "passing" means.

✓Lint and format rules 3/3

biome.json encodes the house style.

✓Static type checking 3/3

Strict type checking is on, which catches a whole class of agent mistakes before they run.

Context economy 17/20 A

Whether the repo fits in a context window, or fights it.

✓No committed build output 6/6

No generated directories committed.

✓.gitignore hygiene 3/3

.gitignore covers 80 patterns.

✗File sizes fit in context 4/6

3 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.

src/core/session/session-manager.test.ts — 119KB

tests/scripts/workflow-release-matrix.test.ts — 109KB

src/core/torrent/magnet-tracker.test.ts — 105KB

✗Repository weight 4/5

About 79.7MB 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 — drafted for agalwood/Motrix

# AGENTS.md

A full-featured download manager.

## Setup

```
pnpm install
```

## Commands

```
pnpm start                     # run the app
pnpm build                     # produce a build
pnpm test                      # run the test suite, must pass before any commit
pnpm lint                      # lint
pnpm format                    # format
pnpm ensure:electron-runtime
pnpm prestart
pnpm build:electron
```

## Layout

- `src/`      1401 source files
- `scripts/`  55 source files
- `tests/`    52 source files
- `e2e/`      28 source files
- `packages/` 21 source files

## Conventions

- Tests live alongside the code they cover, following `e2e/activity-tile.spec.ts`.
- TypeScript runs in strict mode. Type errors are the fastest feedback available, so do not weaken it.
- CI defines what passing means. See `.github/workflows/ci.yml`, and keep it green.
- TODO: add the two or three conventions a newcomer always gets wrong here.

## Gotchas

- Generated output is committed (`build/`). Search will return the compiled copy, so edit the source, not that.
- `src/core/session/session-manager.test.ts` is 119KB. It will not fit comfortably in context, so read it in parts.

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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/agalwood/Motrix.md

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