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Claude Code now reads AGENTS.md if there is no Claude.md

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  1. stillpointlab · · focus · HN ↗
    I recently had Claude Fable set up a new project for me and I pointed it at some existing projects to use as a guide on how I like to structure things. It created, unprompted, an AGENTS.md file and a CLAUDE.md symlink to AGENTS.md

    I didn't even have that symlink in any other project - it just did it. I think it saw that one of the projects I already had was set up by Codex and that project had an AGENTS.md so perhaps it inferred that I was using both Claude and Codex, so it was politely covering both? Or maybe a recent change made this behavior default?

    I was surprised and I hope they continue to seek standards.

    1. reedlaw · · focus · HN ↗
      Seems agents understand their own bugs now. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;openai&#x2F;codex&#x2F;issues&#x2F;9252" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;openai&#x2F;codex&#x2F;issues&#x2F;9252 has 88 thumbs up and a workaround (switch to raw mode with Alt+R) found in a comment. Codex suggested the workaround to me today when I complained about its multi-line bash command being corrupted on paste because of the two-space indent in Codex&#x27;s code blocks.
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