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idea file as a new agentic primitive

April 4, 2026Shubham Saboo

Shubham Saboo says Karpathy introduced the "idea file", proposing teams share a markdown spec of what to build and let agents figure out the implementation.

Karpathy just introduced a new primitive: "the idea file".
Instead of sharing a repo with code to clone, you share a markdown doc with the idea.
What to build, not how to build it.
Shubham Saboo
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