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Claude Code reads AGENTS.md only with telemetry
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Claude Code reads AGENTS.md only with telemetry

The gist

A blog post measured that Claude Code reads AGENTS.md only when telemetry is on.
The gap between the announced fallback and the shipped default affects privacy-conscious developers.

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 21, 2026Anthropic technical staff member Thariq Shihipar posted that Claude Code would support AGENTS.md starting in version 2.1.277, checking for and using AGENTS.md when no CLAUDE.md exists in a folder.
  2. Sep 21, 2026Coverage described the change as an AGENTS.md fallback that cuts instruction file sprawl, and as Claude Code accepting instructions in OpenAI's Agents.md format.
  3. Sep 23, 2026Przemek published a blog post measuring that Claude Code reads AGENTS.md only when telemetry is on, because the loader sits behind a remote feature flag.

Sources

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