Report · marked 26 Aug 2026

searxng/searxng

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

Python · 36,116 stars · 993 files · branch master

65 /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 16/20Whether an agent can install the project and get it running without a human. Losing marks on environment config.Verification loop 17/22Whether an agent can check its own work. This is the category that most decides whether agent output is trustworthy. Losing marks on tests exist and lint and format rules.Context economy 19/20Whether the repo fits in a context window, or fights it. Losing marks on repository weight.Navigability 10/10How quickly anything new can orient itself. Full marks.

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 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 16/20 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.

package.json scripts (clean)

Makefile

✗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.

Found .nvmrc

✓Reproducible environment 2/2

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json gives a known-good environment.

Verification loop 17/22 B+

Whether an agent can check its own work. This is the category that most decides whether agent output is trustworthy.

✗Tests exist 6/8

47 test files against 439 source files.

e.g. tests/__init__.py, tests/robot/__init__.py, tests/robot/__main__.py

✓Test command is discoverable 7/7

An agent can find and run `make test`.

✓Continuous integration 4/4

6 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 Go compiler type checks every build.

Context economy 19/20 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 21 patterns.

✓File sizes fit in context 6/6

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

✗Repository weight 4/5

About 120.0MB 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 searxng/searxng

# AGENTS.md

SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled.

## Setup

```
go mod download
```

## Commands

```
go clean
```

## Layout

- `searx/`         352 source files
- `tests/`         33 source files
- `client/`        21 source files
- `utils/`         17 source files
- `searxng_extra/` 12 source files
- `container/`     1 source file

## Conventions

- Tests live alongside the code they cover, following `tests/__init__.py`.
- CI defines what passing means. See `.github/workflows/ai-policy.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/searxng/searxng.md

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