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Add AGENTS.md and GitHub Copilot instructions

Status: Open (in progress).

IntelPython/mkl_randomnumber 91

#91 In IntelPython/mkl_random;

· napetrov opened on Feb 19, 2026

Add documentation for patching utilities and interfaces

Status: Open (in progress).

IntelPython/mkl_randomnumber 107

#107 In IntelPython/mkl_random;

· ndgrigorian opened on Mar 19, 2026

perf: batch array-valued distribution parameters into a single fill

Status: Open (in progress).

IntelPython/mkl_randomnumber 171

#171 In IntelPython/mkl_random;

· vchamarthi opened on Sep 4, 2026

Speed up randint array-bounds via chunking Lemire

Status: Open (in progress).

IntelPython/mkl_randomnumber 173

#173 In IntelPython/mkl_random;

· vlad-perevezentsev opened on Sep 4, 2026

Remove the per-element staging buffer in the BRNG fallback

Status: Open (in progress).

IntelPython/mkl_randomnumber 178

#178 In IntelPython/mkl_random;

· vlad-perevezentsev opened on Sep 18, 2026

Update randint_untyped to reuse randint implementation

Status: Open (in progress).

IntelPython/mkl_randomnumber 176

#176 In IntelPython/mkl_random;

· vlad-perevezentsev opened on Sep 17, 2026

Fix integer fills and bytes() for BRNGs without viRngUniformBits support

Status: Open (in progress).

IntelPython/mkl_randomnumber 175

#175 In IntelPython/mkl_random;

· vlad-perevezentsev opened on Sep 17, 2026