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AI coding agents may be getting bad instructions from ‘smelly’ config files

ID: d1893da5-2378-52b9-bbeb-d79b146cdea7

STIX ID: report--d1893da5-2378-52b9-bbeb-d79b146cdea7

Feed Name: CIO Security

Date Published: 2026-06-19

Date Updated: 2026-06-19

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The guidance recommends limiting skill leakage by placing task-specific instructions in separate, clearly named markdown files, keeping configuration files updated to avoid contradictory or fossilized directives, and providing concise references and explanations for when agents should read external files or dependencies.

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