AGENTS.md: carve out autonomous-runner exception to the no-push rule

[ChenhanYu]

Surfaced on OMNIML-4886 — the pensieve-intern AgentLoop cell agent reads AGENTS.md, sees the no-push rule, and refuses to commit/push/PR/submit slurm even though the SPEC explicitly instructs it to do all four.

Adds an env-var-gated carve-out: $PENSIEVE_INTERN_RUNNER_PROMPT_PATH or $INTERN_TICKET being set means "you are the autonomous runner; the SPEC IS the human approval." Interactive sessions (neither env set) are unaffected.

CLAUDE.md is symlinked to AGENTS.md — single-file edit covers both.

Full rationale in the commit message.

Maintainers: this is unblocking the inaugural specdec_bench workflow (https://jirasw.nvidia.com/browse/OMNIML-4885).

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• Documentation
  • Updated workflow documentation to clarify autonomous runner behavior. Agents can proceed with automatic git operations and submissions without approval when specific environment conditions are set.

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Updated AGENTS.md iterative development instructions to add an "Exception — autonomous runners" section specifying that when PENSIEVE_INTERN_RUNNER_PROMPT_PATH or INTERN_TICKET environment variables are set, agents may execute git push, draft-PR creation, and cluster-job submission without human approval, following the SPEC end-to-end and using worklog conventions for result stamping.

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Autonomous Runner Exception Documentation

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Summary

Autonomous runner exception clause and guidance AGENTS.md

Added "Exception — autonomous runners" section to iterative development workflow instructions, specifying environment variable conditions (PENSIEVE_INTERN_RUNNER_PROMPT_PATH, INTERN_TICKET), overriding the normal "wait for human approval" rule, documenting expected actions (git commit, git push, draft-PR creation, cluster-job submission), and clarifying that the SPEC governs intermediate steps in autonomous mode.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding an exception to the no-push rule for autonomous runners in AGENTS.md.
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Security Anti-Patterns	✅ Passed	The PR only modifies AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md (Markdown documentation files). There are no Python code changes in the modelopt package or examples, so the security check does not apply.

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