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

741 points · 285 comments · datadrivenangel

  1. marcelo-earth · · focus · HN ↗
    Oh, finally! Time to delete symlinks

    That said, AGENTS.md doesn't seem like a good name, right?, technically, it's an instructions file read by a single agent, not necessarily for agents, so it always struck me as a bit odd

    But until the next standardization, keeping just AGENTS.md is the best approach.

    1. marssaxman · · focus · HN ↗
      Consistency with `robots.txt` seems like a reasonable choice.
      1. marcelo-earth · · focus · HN ↗
        Ohhhh... now I get it!!!
      2. mitxela · · focus · HN ↗
        so "agents.txt"?
    2. apetresc · · focus · HN ↗
      I’m honestly not sure what distinction you’re drawing here. Is it the pluralization you’re objecting to?
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