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

I just wiped all agents and it’s always readme.md

So far I've been managing this with a symlink.

Same with skills, symlink to skills at .claude/skills

didn't it always read it?

Great, now I have to redo my scaffold harness. I guess this agent.md awareness is part of the system prompt?

Can it read copilot.md if neither of the other files are present? Also: agents should be the standard, or we need to invoke the XKCD for "one more standard to rule them all"?

Great, now please standardize the skills folder and the MCP config.

About time!

Hi, September 2026, meet September 2025

Still don't understand the point of the markdown files.

Isn't it literally all just more text you're adding to the prompt. How can you even be sure it isn't just clouding context with nonsense for whatever you're asking for?

Forced to do something for the users...

why did it take so long?

Finally.

Now is the time to git mv CLAUDE.md AGENTS.md.

Ah yes, the peak of technology.

Now do skills

A reminder that needs to be said: Don't use a closed-source harness.

Why? This is why. [0]

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49750694

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yay! /s

Why are people still putting up with this kind of attitude, especially when there are so many good alternatives available?

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