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Claude Code reads AGENTS.md only when telemetry is on [fixed]

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  1. sandrello · · focus · HN ↗
    Based on my experience with these tools so far, this seems exactly the kind of subtle but extremely severe bug that sneaks in when you start piling up layers of AI generated patches to a codebase without caring too much about the code.
    1. HotHotLava · · focus · HN ↗
      "extremely severe" - aren't we laying it on a bit thick here? The whole impact seems to be that users who have telemetry turned off got this feature ~2 days later, when the bug was noticed.
      1. code_runner · · focus · HN ↗
        a "feature" that every user has asked for - which is the equivalent of changing claude.md to agents.md - and the release isn't even smooth because the telemetry isn't wired up quite right.

        for an organization that is being used as a model for new agentic software development practices.... and every software exec on earth is trying to reshape their organizations after - its a pretty stupid bug for a feature that should've been straightforward in the first place + took forever for them to get around to.

        its just kind of emblamatic of the rough edges that exist EVEN FOR SIMPLE THINGS whenever human judgement is totally removed the equation.

        1. code_runner · · focus · HN ↗
          ps: apparently thats not how you spell emblematic - but I'm actually glad to leave a little humanity around given the topic :D
        2. t-writescode · · focus · HN ↗
          Or it’s as simple as “hey, they don’t want telemetry? Cool, we’ll turn off all the extra phoning home” and their feature flag code uses the same paths as telemetry because it’s the same endpoint, etc.

          Oops, easy mistake!

          1. quintu5 · · focus · HN ↗
            Except it’s not a new issue. This is just the feature that made it a conversation topic.
        3. archonis · · focus · HN ↗
          Good thing they don't apply the same standards to security sandboxes.
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