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Me.txt – A personal identity file for AI agents

Me.txt – A personal identity file for AI agents

by morochroyce·Feb 25, 2026·2 points·1 comment
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AI Analysis

●MidShip It

Standard markdown profile—solves a real friction point, but spec adoption is the entire bet.

Strengths
  • •Directly addresses AI context window waste: agents fetch /me.txt once instead of asking repeatedly.
  • •Spec-first approach with npx generator lowers friction—one command to scaffold.
  • •Human-readable markdown keeps adoption frictionless across tools and platforms.
Weaknesses
  • •Adoption depends entirely on AI agents implementing it—no incentive for Cursor or Claude to parse custom endpoints.
  • •No evidence of real usage or agent integration; reads as a proposal, not a working standard.
  • •Competes against existing lightweight solutions: GitHub profiles, /about pages, inline prompts agents already use.
Target Audience

Developers using AI coding agents (Cursor, Claude, etc.) who want to provide context about themselves.

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robots.txt (precedent for site-root conventions) · /.well-known/ RFC pattern

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