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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. orlp · · focus · HN ↗
        If you want this it&#x27;s trivial to add an AGENTS.md that simply says &quot;if you&#x27;re Claude read CLAUDE.md, if you&#x27;re Astra read ASTRA.md&quot;. A common entry point is good regardless.
        1. jwolfe · · focus · HN ↗
          This wastes both tokens and turns. But yes it&#x27;s probably the best option we have today.
          1. pishpash · · focus · HN ↗
            It can try its own file and fall back to generic like here. What&#x27;s wrong with that?
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