{"slug": "clanker-constitution", "title": "Clanker Constitution", "summary": "Kenn Software LLC released v2026.08.10 of the Clanker Constitution, a set of default operating principles for coding agents, on August 10, 2026. The constitution instructs agents to keep a persistent checkout on trusted main, link CONSTITUTION.md to ~/.codex/AGENTS.md and ~/.claude/rules/clanker-constitution.md, and pin downstream copies through pull-request review. It is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.", "body_md": "The Clanker Constitution defines concise default operating principles for coding agents. Direct user instructions and more specific repository instructions override it.\n\nThe current release is\n[ v2026.08.10](https://github.com/kenn-io/constitution/releases/tag/v2026.08.10).\n\nKeep a persistent checkout of this repository on trusted `main`\n\n. Link\n`CONSTITUTION.md`\n\nto `~/.codex/AGENTS.md`\n\nand to\n`~/.claude/rules/clanker-constitution.md`\n\n. Preserve existing destinations;\nmerge the principles manually if either destination already exists.\n\nCopy `CONSTITUTION.md`\n\nfrom a reviewed release tag to the repository root.\nHave the root `AGENTS.md`\n\ntell agents to read and follow it, and have the root\n`CLAUDE.md`\n\nimport it with `@CONSTITUTION.md`\n\n. Keep downstream copies pinned;\nupdate them through normal pull-request review instead of fetching at agent\nstartup.\n\nAn 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.\n\nReleases use calendar tags such as `v2026.08.10`\n\n. A second release on the same\ndate appends a numeric component, such as `v2026.08.10.1`\n\n. Tags are immutable.\n\nClanker Constitution © 2026 Kenn Software LLC. Licensed under\n[Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/clanker-constitution", "canonical_source": "https://github.com/kenn-io/constitution", "published_at": "2026-08-11 05:10:05+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-11 05:12:38.452810+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Kenn Software LLC", "Clanker Constitution", "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/clanker-constitution", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/clanker-constitution.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/clanker-constitution.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/clanker-constitution.jsonld"}}