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AI agents prioritize source code over docs for library integration

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A developer has discovered that AI coding agents prioritize reading source code, specifically the `__init__.py` file, type hints, and tool schemas, over traditional documentation websites when learning a new library. This realization led to optimizing the `waitbus` library by rewriting its entry point docstring and enhancing tool schemas with descriptive vocabulary and units. The goal is to make libraries more accessible and easier for AI agents to understand and utilize, ensuring they are not invisible to this growing user base. AI

IMPACT Developers must optimize code and documentation for AI agent readability to ensure discoverability and usability.

RANK_REASON The item discusses a developer's observation and optimization strategy for AI agent interaction with code libraries, rather than a formal release or research paper.

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AI agents prioritize source code over docs for library integration

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Sankalp Gilda ·

    The first file an agent reads

    <blockquote> <p><strong>TL;DR</strong> — A coding agent reads your library before it writes against it, and it reads the <em>code</em> first: <code>__init__.py</code>, the type hints, the tool schemas — not your docs site. I tuned waitbus for that reader — an MCP instruction brea…

  2. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Sankalp Gilda ·

    The first file an agent reads

    <blockquote> <p><strong>TL;DR</strong> — A coding agent reads your library before it writes against it, and it reads the <em>code</em> first: <code>__init__.py</code>, the type hints, the tool schemas — not your docs site. I tuned waitbus for that reader — an MCP instruction brea…

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