Report · marked 27 Aug 2026

apple/container

An agent can work here, but it will waste turns finding its footing.

Swift · 49,427 stars · 526 files · branch main

61 /100 B-

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 19/22Whether an agent can check its own work. This is the category that most decides whether agent output is trustworthy. Losing marks on lint and format rules.Context economy 20/20Whether the repo fits in a context window, or fights it. Full marks.Navigability 9/10How quickly anything new can orient itself. Losing marks on repository description.

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

Fix these first

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.

Instruction quality

Instructions earn their keep by naming exact commands. 'Run the tests with `pnpm test`' beats three paragraphs of philosophy.

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.

Makefile

scripts/ directory

–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 19/22 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

113 test files against 450 source files.

e.g. Tests/ContainerAPIClientTests/ArchTests.swift, Tests/ContainerAPIClientTests/DefaultPlatformTests.swift, Tests/ContainerAPIClientTests/DiskUsageTests.swift

✓Test command is discoverable 7/7

An agent can find and run `make test`.

✓Continuous integration 4/4

8 GitHub Actions workflows define what "passing" means.

✗Lint and format rules 0/3

No linter or formatter config. Style is tribal knowledge, so agent output will drift from yours.

A formatter config is the cheapest way to stop reviewing whitespace in agent diffs. It moves style from opinion to a command.

–Static type checking n/a

Not applicable — the Swift compiler type checks every build.

Context economy 20/20 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 30 patterns.

✓File sizes fit in context 6/6

No source file is large enough to crowd out a context window.

✓Repository weight 5/5

About 4.0MB 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 — drafted for apple/container

# AGENTS.md

A tool for creating and running Linux containers using lightweight virtual machines on a Mac. It is written in Swift, and optimized for Apple silicon. 

## Setup

```
# TODO: the install command. No lockfile was found, so this could not be inferred.
```

## Commands

```
make build          # produce a build
make build-tests
make coverage-all
make cli
make container
make release
```

## Layout

- `Sources/` 335 source files
- `Tests/`   107 source files
- `scripts/` 7 source files

## Conventions

- Tests live alongside the code they cover, following `Tests/ContainerAPIClientTests/ArchTests.swift`.
- CI defines what passing means. See `.github/workflows/common.yml`, and keep it green.
- TODO: add the two or three conventions a newcomer always gets wrong here.

## Gotchas

- 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/apple/container.md

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