The Clanker Constitution defines concise default operating principles for coding agents. Direct user instructions and more specific repository instructions override it.
The current release is
v2026.08.10.
Keep a persistent checkout of this repository on trusted main
. Link
CONSTITUTION.md
to ~/.codex/AGENTS.md
and to
~/.claude/rules/clanker-constitution.md
. Preserve existing destinations; merge the principles manually if either destination already exists.
Copy CONSTITUTION.md
from a reviewed release tag to the repository root.
Have the root AGENTS.md
tell agents to read and follow it, and have the root
CLAUDE.md
import it with @CONSTITUTION.md
. Keep downstream copies pinned;
update them through normal pull-request review instead of fetching at agent
startup.
An unchanged mirror must retain the provenance and attribution notices. A modified copy must retain attribution, identify its changes, and must not present itself as an exact canonical version.
Releases use calendar tags such as v2026.08.10
. A second release on the same
date appends a numeric component, such as v2026.08.10.1
. Tags are immutable.
Clanker Constitution © 2026 Kenn Software LLC. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.