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In my experience, neither Claude nor any other agent actually reads AGENTS.md (or CLAUDE.md or anything else) without being told to explicitly every session.
by caymanjim 11mo ago
In my experience, neither Claude nor any other agent actually reads AGENTS.md (or CLAUDE.md or anything else) without being told to explicitly every session.
- simonw 11mo agoI've sniffed Claude Code's HTTP traffic and confirmed that the CLAUDE.md file content (and AGENTS.md if it is @-referenced) is automatically included in the system prompt without it having to perform any additional file read operations.
- topherhunt 11mo agoWow! That's.... discouraging, actually, considering how frequently Claude ignores my AGENTS.md guidance.
- brulard 11mo agoDid you notice the @-referencing requirement? AGENTS.md is not included by default, but CLAUDE.md should be