epic: APM integration — make agentrc output distributable and governed
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 1.1k
- Forks
- 94
- Avg merge
- 8d 3h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 7
Description
Why
AI coding agents are only as effective as the context they receive. agentrc solves the creation problem — it analyzes real code and generates tailored instructions. But creation without distribution is a dead end. Teams need to share instructions across repos, govern what agent packages are allowed, and audit them in CI.
APM (Agent Package Manager) solves the distribution problem — transitive dependency resolution, security scanning, multi-platform compilation, and enterprise policy enforcement for agent primitives.
Together: agentrc generates. APM distributes. Neither tool needs the other to be useful, but together they close a loop that neither closes alone.
What
This epic tracks the first wave of agentrc × APM integration:
- Readiness scoring — agentrc scores repos on APM adoption (#91)
- Init bridge —
agentrc initdetects APM and offers to set it up (#93) - Cross-documentation — README sections establishing the ecosystem narrative
Key design principles
- agentrc never writes
apm.yml— it delegates toapm init(APM owns its manifest) - Formats are compatible by default —
.instructions.mdfiles work in both tools without conversion - Explicit opt-in — APM is suggested, never imposed;
--yesskips it entirely - Subprocess integration — tools call each other via CLI, respecting the Python/TypeScript boundary
Child issues
- #91 — feat(readiness): Add APM awareness to ai-tooling pillar → PR #92
- #93 — feat(init): Bridge to APM during init → PR #94
- Cross-documentation (README updates) → PR #95
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Review the completed child issues #91 and #93 and their linked PRs #92 and #94, then check the README cross-documentation work in PR #95. The listed first wave is already implemented, so identify any remaining integration scope before starting work on this epic.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, typescript
- Domain
- developer-experience, documentation, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 15/100