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

741 points · 285 comments · datadrivenangel

  1. askonomm · · focus · HN ↗
    Finally doing something standards-compliant instead of forcing users into a proprietary workflow.
    1. swyx · · focus · HN ↗
      fwiw, i am with thariq <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;x.com&#x2F;trq212&#x2F;status&#x2F;2092302273099796842" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;x.com&#x2F;trq212&#x2F;status&#x2F;2092302273099796842 in that prompts should be tuned for models and in fact blindly applying agents.md is probably an antipattern unless you want all models to basically converge to some common ill defined of instruction following - good local minima, bad global minima for model diversity and exploration of intelligence.

      aka, sometimes it really is too early to force a standard

      1. arcanemachiner · · focus · HN ↗
        No thanks, I&#x27;m not tuning a bunch of files just for things to break when I switch models or a new one comes out.

        I&#x27;ll just use my one-size-fits-all AGENTS.md file and tweak it when the one of the clankers screw up. I don&#x27;t have time for such busywork.

        Actually, I will append extra rules to CLAUDE.md (which imports AGENTS.md) since there is a hook there, and Claude has its own foibles. So I&#x27;ll backpedal a bit there.

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