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One Markdown File Can Hijack Your AI Coding Agent: The Hidden Cost of Blindly Trusting AGENTS.md

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How a single AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md file in your Downloads folder or a pull request can silently hijack your AI coding agent, steal OAuth tokens, and execute shell commands—plus how to lock down your local workflow.

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