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 # AGENTS.md
 
-This repository is part of the `sourcegraph-testing` organization and exists
-for testing purposes only.
+Guidance for coding agents working in this repository.
 
-It is not a production project. Code, configuration, and history here may be
-used to exercise tooling, automation, and experiments.
+## Project overview
+
+zap is a structured, leveled, high-performance logging library for Go.
+
+This repository is part of the `sourcegraph-testing` organization and exists for
+testing purposes only. It is not a production project — code, configuration, and
+history here may be used to exercise tooling, automation, and experiments. It
+mirrors [uber-go/zap](https://github.com/uber-go/zap), which is the source of
+truth.
+
+- Module path: `go.uber.org/zap`
+- Go version: `go 1.13` per `go.mod`
+- HEAD sits ahead of the latest tag (`v1.14.1`); `CHANGELOG.md` carries an
+  unreleased `1.15.0` entry.
+
+This repository contains **two Go modules**: the root module and `benchmarks/`.
+The Makefile tracks both through `MODULE_DIRS = . ./benchmarks`, so module-wide
+commands must run in each.
+
+## Repository layout
+
+| Path | Role |
+| --- | --- |
+| root `*.go` | Public API — `logger.go`, `sugar.go`, `field.go`, `config.go`, `global.go`, `encoder.go` |
+| `zapcore/` | Core encoder, level, and field abstractions |
+| `zapgrpc/` | gRPC logger adapter |
+| `zaptest/` | Testing helpers |
+| `buffer/` | Pooled byte buffers |
+| `internal/` | `bufferpool`, `color`, `exit`, `readme`, `ztest` |
+| `benchmarks/` | Separate Go module benchmarking zap against other loggers |
+
+## Test
+
+```bash
+make test
+```
+
+Runs `go test -race ./...` in each module directory.
+
+```bash
+make cover
+make bench
+BENCH=<pattern> make bench
+```
+
+## Lint
+
+```bash
+make lint
+```
+
+Runs, in order: `gofmt -d -s` (check only), `go vet ./...`, `golint ./...`,
+`staticcheck ./...`, a `git grep -i fixme` check that fails on unresolved FIXME
+markers, and `./checklicense.sh`. Output accumulates in `lint.log` and the target
+fails if that file is non-empty.
+
+`make all` runs `lint` followed by `test`. Lint tools are pinned through the
+build-tagged `tools_test.go` (`golang.org/x/lint/golint`,
+`honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck`).
+
+## Conventions
+
+- Every `*.go` file must open with a `Copyright (c) ... Uber Technologies, Inc.`
+  header. `./checklicense.sh` enforces it, so new files fail lint without one.
+- `gofmt` is only checked, not applied. Run `gofmt -s -w` on files you touch.
+- Do not leave `FIXME` markers; `make lint` fails on them.
+- `README.md` is generated from `.readme.tmpl`. Edit the template, then run
+  `make updatereadme` — do not hand-edit `README.md`.
+- Upstream asks that new exported APIs be raised in an issue first and that
+  changes preserve backward compatibility.
+
+## Gotchas
+
+- Run test and lint in both module directories. A root-only `go test ./...` does
+  not cover `benchmarks/`.
+- `CONTRIBUTING.md` references a `make dependencies` target and a
+  `LINTABLE_MINOR_VERSIONS` Makefile variable. Neither exists in the current
+  Makefile — treat both as stale guidance.
+- CI is split and misleading. `.github/workflows/ci.yaml` runs `go build ./...`
+  only, with no tests or lint; Travis (`.travis.yml`) is what runs `make lint`,
+  `make test`, `make bench`, and coverage. A green GitHub Actions check proves
+  very little.
+- `.github/workflows/simple-test.yml` is `sourcegraph-testing` scaffolding that
+  passes or fails based on a `[fail]` marker in the commit message or a
+  `should_fail` dispatch input. It carries no signal about code correctness.
+- `CONTRIBUTING.md` describes the fork-and-upstream-remote flow for contributing
+  to uber-go/zap, which does not apply to changes made in this mirror.