Claude Code only reads AGENTS.md when telemetry is enabled, researcher finds
pszypowicz · hn · 2026-09-23
- Blogger pszypowicz documents a counterintuitive behavior: Claude Code only reads the project-level AGENTS.md config file when telemetry is enabled.
- This means users who opted out of telemetry may have been running without their agent instructions ever being loaded — and the docs don't clearly state this dependency.
- Teams relying on AGENTS.md for project conventions and guardrails should verify their setup immediately.
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