Clogmeter https://clogmeter.vercel.app/ Short tips on trimming AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, Cursor rules, and skills. en-gb Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Cut one conflicting rule before you trim anything else https://clogmeter.vercel.app/posts/cut-conflicting-rules-first.html https://clogmeter.vercel.app/posts/cut-conflicting-rules-first.html Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 When AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, Cursor rules, and skills all load, the agent does not get “more guidance” — it gets three copies of the same rule and often one quiet contradiction. Always/never pairs that disagree burn tokens twice and teach the model to hedge.

Quick fix: open every instruction file side by side and search for the same verb (“never commit”, “always run tests”). Keep one canonical line in a single source of truth; delete or @-import the rest. Then weigh what is left.

Clogmeter flags duplicates and conflicting always/never in your browser, with a trimmed export — nothing uploaded: https://clogmeter.vercel.app

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