AGENTS.md: drop the table of contents - #516
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Flagged by a /doctor context audit: the TOC is a link list into the same file, reconstructible from the headings, and its ~2,300 chars (~600 est. tokens) load into context on every request. Removing it also brings the file back under Claude Code's ~40k-char large memory-file warning threshold (41,085 -> 38,785 chars).
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August 6, 2026 16:41
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What it does
Removes the 31-line table of contents from
AGENTS.md. No other content changes.Rationale
Flagged by a
/doctorcontext audit.AGENTS.mdis loaded into agent context on every request, and the TOC is a link list into the same file, trivially reconstructible from the headings, so its ~2,300 characters (~600 estimated tokens) buy nothing. Removing it also takes the file from 41,085 to 38,785 characters, back under Claude Code's ~40,000-character large-memory-file warning threshold.