Agent Friendly Code

statelyai/xstate

GitHub
https://github.com/statelyai/xstate

State machines, statecharts, and actors for complex logic

  • actor-model
  • background-jobs
  • finite-state-machine
  • fsm
  • interpreter
  • javascript
  • orchestration
  • reactive
  • scxml
  • state
  • state-machine
  • state-machines
  • state-management
  • statechart
  • statecharts
  • typescript
  • visualizer
  • workflow
  • xstate
Stars:
30.4k
Language:
TypeScript
Default branch:
main
Last scored:
Overall

At a glance

Rank
#212 of 401
#60 of 82 TypeScript repos
Checks passed
6 of 17
Full list below
Best set up for
Claude Code
Score 74.2
Needs most work for
Aider
Biggest fix: .aider.conf.yml (+14.1 pts)

What it has

What it's missing

What to fix first

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Showing fixes for Claude Code

  1. 1
    Linter / formatter config
    Configure a linter/formatter (ESLint+Prettier, Biome, Ruff, rustfmt+clippy, golangci-lint) and commit the config.
    +7.9 pts
  2. 2
    Pre-commit / git hooks
    Set up pre-commit (.pre-commit-config.yaml), husky, or lefthook to run format+lint on every commit.
    +5.3 pts
  3. 3
    Reproducible dev env
    Add a Makefile or devcontainer or Dockerfile so the agent can set up the project in one command.
    +4.7 pts

Score for each AI agent

Each agent weighs the checks by its own docs. Under each score are its top three. How each agent is scored →

Claude Code
#178 of 401
74.2
  • ~AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md
  • ~Test suite
  • ~Reproducible dev env
Codex
#187 of 401
72.2
  • ~AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md
  • ✓README
  • ~Test suite
Kimi Code CLI
#189 of 401
70.3
  • ~AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md
  • ~Test suite
  • ✓Dependency manifest
Devin
#208 of 401
68.9
  • ~Reproducible dev env
  • ✓Dependency manifest
  • ~Test suite
Pi
#217 of 401
67.9
  • ~AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md
  • ~Test suite
  • ✗Linter / formatter config
OpenHands
#214 of 401
64.9
  • ✓CI configuration
  • ✓Dependency manifest
  • ~Reproducible dev env
Gemini CLI
#199 of 401
64.2
  • ✗GEMINI.md
  • ✓README
  • ~Test suite
Cursor
#204 of 401
63.8
  • ✗Cursor rules (.cursor/rules)
  • ✓README
  • ✓Type configuration
Aider
#269 of 401
58.6
  • ✗.aider.conf.yml
  • ✗Linter / formatter config
  • ~Test suite

Does statelyai/xstate have agent instructions?

An AGENTS.md (or CLAUDE.md) at the root tells AI coding agents how to build, test and work in the repo. A few agents also read a file of their own.

AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md
AGENTS.md (new tab) · 740 characters
Agent-specific files
None: no GEMINI.md, .cursor/rules, .openhands/setup.sh, .aider.conf.yml or .agents/skills
Repos that have one
62 of 82 TypeScript repos · 221 of 401 repos on the leaderboard · See examples →

All 17 checks · 6 passed

Skills (.agents/skills)· 0% pass
No .agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md
AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md· 80% pass
File exists (740 characters)
AGENTS.md
.aider.conf.yml· 0% pass
No .aider.conf.yml at repo root
CI configuration· 100% pass
2 GitHub Actions workflows
.github/workflows
CONTRIBUTING guide· 100% pass
Guide present
CONTRIBUTING.md
Cursor rules (.cursor/rules)· 0% pass
No .cursor/rules/*.mdc or .cursorrules
Dependency manifest· 100% pass
Manifest present
package.json
Reproducible dev env· 60% pass
package.json has 21 scripts
package.json
GEMINI.md· 0% pass
No GEMINI.md at repo root
License file· 100% pass
License present
LICENSE
Linter / formatter config· 0% pass
No linter/formatter config found
.openhands/setup.sh· 0% pass
No .openhands/setup.sh
Pre-commit / git hooks· 0% pass
No pre-commit / husky / lefthook found
README· 100% pass
README detailed (18,106 characters)
README.md
Manageable size· 80% pass
847 files
Test suite· 70% pass
Test files detected (packages/core/test/actions.test.ts)
packages/core/test/actions.test.ts
Type configuration· 100% pass
Type config present
tsconfig.json

How statelyai/xstate compares

vs leaderboard average
0.4 pts above
Average 66.8
vs TypeScript average
4.0 pts below
Average 71.2
Stars among TypeScript repos
#56 of 82

Missing here, and how many repos have it

  • Linter / formatter config · passed by 65% of leaderboard repos, 57% of TypeScript repos
  • Pre-commit / git hooks · passed by 29% of leaderboard repos, 48% of TypeScript repos
  • Skills (.agents/skills) · passed by 17% of leaderboard repos, 30% of TypeScript repos

One fix for the most agents: Linter / formatter config would raise the score for all 9 agents, by up to 14.1 points.

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