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CTX-D001: Referenced path does not exist

info (demoted from warning) · deterministic · autofix: suggested · beta

Why it matters

Agents follow stale pointers and waste turns or invent files.

How to fix

Update or remove the path reference.

Source

arXiv 2601.20404 (lean AGENTS.md: −28.64% median runtime); arXiv 2602.11988 (context files +20% cost, no success gain)

Measured precision

60 findings in 25 of 210 benchmark repositories. 7 of 60 reviewed findings false (12%; 95% upper bound 22%). That is over the 5% budget, so the rule reports at info and stays beta until it improves.

Suppress

<!-- ctx-ignore CTX-D001: reason -->