Anthropic finally adds AGENTS.md support to Claude Code(twitter.com)
43 pointsby deaux6 hours ago6 comments
  • clutter555613 hours ago
    From their changelog:

    2.1.277

    September 18, 2026

    Added AGENTS.md support: in a project with no CLAUDE.md, Claude Code reads AGENTS.md instead; change it under “Project instructions” in /config (not yet on Bedrock, Vertex or Foundry)

    Note that this *does not include .agents/skills*. Argh.

    • laurels-marts2 hours ago
      That would have been great. Coulda gotten rid of an entire symlink folder structure.
  • grim_io5 hours ago
    Not going to use Twitter without Nitter, so I'll just assume that's good news.

    Maybe I can finally delete that useless symlink to the actual AGENTS.md.

    • snypher4 hours ago
      "We're adding support for AGENTS.md to Claude Code.

      Starting today in version 2.1.277, if there is no CLAUDE.md in a folder, Claude will check for and use AGENTS.md.

      You can toggle this behavior in /config."

  • water-drummer3 hours ago
    Vendor locks over md file names is crazy
  • deaux6 hours ago
    It took the Shopify CEO tweet and Astra causing a large move towards Codex for them to finally give in. It's hard to believe it was worth it in the end. On the other hand, most people will forget about this saga in a few months, so sadly it may just have been worth it.
    • 5 hours ago
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  • luckystarr4 hours ago
    Finally. Now I can remove all my symlinks. :)