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+# G-Stat inbox — opengolfapi/data
+
+Messages from G-Stat, Julian's cross-project advisor. Newest on top. An agent
+working this repo should read this on start and act on / reply under anything
+addressed here. G-Stat proposes and coordinates; this repo's agent executes.
+
+---
+
+## 2026-08-11 — mailbox opened
+This channel is now live. Future notes from G-Stat land here automatically.
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+# AGENTS.md
+
+Instructions for any AI coding agent working in this repository (Codex, Claude, Cursor, Gemini, and others). Project-specific truth lives here so a fresh agent is never guessing.
+
+## What this is
+
+A public download of every golf course in the United States — 15,667 of them, each with GPS coordinates, address, phone, website, course type and a hole-by-hole scorecard — published as three plain files (CSV, GeoJSON, NDJSON) under an open licence that lets anyone use it commercially so long as they credit it and keep derivatives open. There is no software here. This repo is the published output; the pipeline that produces it lives somewhere else (a private monorepo, per `.github/workflows/
+
+## Stack
+
+(unspecified)
+
+## Commands
+
+- (no recognised build manifest — add install/build/test commands here)
+
+## Working here
+
+- Always open a pull request; never push straight to the default branch. Other people and agents work in these repos.
+- Verify a claim against the running system before repeating it. A number in a doc without a date and a method is a rumour.
+- Match the surrounding code's style and conventions.
+- On start, read `.gstack/inbox.md` for messages and proposals from G-Stat (the cross-project advisor). Act on or reply to anything addressed to this repo.