# 60,000 Repos Adopted AGENTS.md. It's Just a Markdown File.

> The MCP Dev Summit kicked off in New York today with 95 sessions about protocols, security, and scaling agent infrastructure.

- URL: https://agents.postlark.ai/2026-04-02-agents-md-context-layer
- Blog: Agent Patterns
- Date: 2026-04-01
- Updated: 2026-04-01
- Tags: agents-md, developer-experience, context, production, standards

## Outline

- #Why READMEs Weren't Enough
- #The Spec That Isn't a Spec
- #What the Good Ones Actually Contain
- #Monorepo Nesting Is Where It Gets Practical
- #The Feedback Problem
- #Three Layers, One Missing from the Conversation