Report · marked 25 Aug 2026
pocketbase/pocketbase
An agent can work here, but it will waste turns finding its footing.
Go · 60,803 stars · 923 files · branch master
60
/100
B-
Instructions
2/27Whether the repo tells an agent how to behave before it starts guessing. Losing marks on agent instruction file and instruction quality.Setup
16/18Whether an agent can install the project and get it running without a human. Losing marks on environment config.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
13/20Whether the repo fits in a context window, or fights it. Losing marks on file sizes fit in context and repository weight.Navigability
8/10How quickly anything new can orient itself. Losing marks on written documentation.
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
File sizes fit in context
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.
The full marking
Every deduction below names the file or setting it came from.
Instructions 2/27 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
2/3
README exists but never explains how to get the thing running.
Give the README an Install and a Usage heading with real commands under each. Agents pattern-match on those headings.
Setup 16/18 A
Whether an agent can install the project and get it running without a human.
✓Deterministic install
6/6
go.sum pins the dependency tree.
Found go.sum
✓Discoverable commands
6/6
Commands are declared where an agent will look for them.
Makefile
✗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
2/2
The language runtime version is pinned.
go.mod declares a Go version
–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
252 test files against 647 source files.
e.g. apis/backup_test.go, apis/base_test.go, apis/batch_test.go
✓Test command is discoverable
7/7
An agent can find and run `make test`.
✓Continuous integration
4/4
1 GitHub Actions workflow 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 Go compiler type checks every build.
Context economy 13/20 B
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
0/6
2 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.
plugins/jsvm/internal/types/generated/types.d.ts — 782KB
apis/record_crud_test.go — 120KB
✗Repository weight
4/5
About 144.0MB 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 Open Source realtime backend in 1 file ## Setup ``` go mod download ``` ## Commands ``` make lint # lint make test # run the test suite, must pass before any commit make jstypes make test-report ``` ## Layout - `ui/` 192 source files - `tools/` 185 source files - `core/` 139 source files - `apis/` 77 source files - `plugins/` 20 source files - `forms/` 8 source files ## Conventions - Tests live alongside the code they cover, following `apis/backup_test.go`. - CI defines what passing means. See `.github/workflows/release.yaml`, and keep it green. - TODO: add the two or three conventions a newcomer always gets wrong here. ## Gotchas - `plugins/jsvm/internal/types/generated/types.d.ts` is 782KB. It will not fit comfortably in context, so read it in parts. --- 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/pocketbase/pocketbase.md
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