Report · marked 10 Oct 2026

markedjs/marked

Solid foundations, held back in a few specific places.

JavaScript · 37,225 stars · 579 files · branch master

70 /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 16/20Whether an agent can install the project and get it running without a human. Losing marks on environment config.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 20/20Whether the repo fits in a context window, or fights it. Full marks.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

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.

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 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 16/20 A-

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

✓Deterministic install 6/6

package-lock.json pins the dependency tree.

Found package-lock.json

✓Discoverable commands 6/6

Commands are declared where an agent will look for them.

package.json scripts (bench, build, build:docs, build:esbuild, build:man, build:reset…)

✗Environment config 0/4

Nothing documents the environment this needs. An agent will get a runtime error it can't diagnose.

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 2/2

The language runtime version is pinned.

package.json engines.node >= 20

✓Reproducible environment 2/2

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json 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

512 test files against 60 source files.

e.g. test/.eslintrc.json, test/bench.js, test/cjs-test.cjs

✓Test command is discoverable 7/7

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

✓Continuous integration 4/4

1 GitHub Actions workflow define what "passing" means.

✓Lint and format rules 3/3

eslint.config.js 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 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 11 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 10.8MB 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 markedjs/marked

# AGENTS.md

A markdown parser and compiler. Built for speed.

## Setup

```
npm ci
```

## Commands

```
npm run build           # produce a build
npm run test            # run the test suite, must pass before any commit
npm run lint            # lint
npm run bench
npm run build:docs
npm run build:esbuild
npm run build:man
npm run build:reset
```

## Layout

- `test/` 38 source files
- `src/`  13 source files
- `docs/` 4 source files
- `bin/`  2 source files
- `api/`  1 source file

## Conventions

- Tests live alongside the code they cover, following `test/.eslintrc.json`.
- 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/tests.yml`, and keep it green.
- TODO: add the two or three conventions a newcomer always gets wrong here.

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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/markedjs/marked.md

A draft gets the commands right and stops at the things only a maintainer knows. What a good JavaScript AGENTS.md looks like covers what to add by hand, and what AGENTS.md is explains the format itself.

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