From f836927d3a7d7014928cb0a281cc295d5b9a03ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Palko <benjaminpalko@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:08:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add software requirements for agents

---
 .gitignore |  3 +++
 AGENTS.md  | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fc5618ee..e81ae91a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 # Original files
 binaries
 schema
+
+# Ghidra
+ghidra
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index c4b030df..d64d3495 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -8,6 +8,22 @@ driven through **REA** (`reverse-engineer-anything` skill + `rea-agents` MCP
 server). There is no application source code here — the binaries are the
 primary evidence.
 
+## Target runtime environment
+
+The analyzed binaries are expected to run in the following environment. Use
+this when interpreting imports, API usage, and database access in decompiled
+code.
+
+- **OS**: Windows Server — exact version unknown; assume **2008 or 2012**.
+- **Runtime dependencies** (winetricks-style identifiers):
+  - `dotnet7` — .NET 7 runtime
+  - `dotnetdesktop7` — .NET 7 Desktop runtime
+  - `vcrun2010` — Visual C++ 2010 redistributable
+  - `d3dx9` — DirectX 9 D3DX libraries
+  - `d3dx10` — DirectX 10 D3DX libraries
+- **Database**: Microsoft SQL Server, supported up to **SQL Server 2019**.
+  Schema files for the backing databases are in `schema/`.
+
 ## Directory layout
 
 | Path | Contents | Mutability |