Claude Code reads AGENTS.md only when telemetry is on [fixed]
6 hours ago
- Claude Code's AGENTS.md support requires telemetry or nonessential traffic to be enabled due to a remote feature flag; otherwise the file is silently ignored.
- Setting DISABLE_TELEMETRY or CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC blocks AGENTS.md loading without any warning.
- A workaround is to create a one-line CLAUDE.md containing '@AGENTS.md' to load the file regardless of telemetry settings.
- The author criticizes that a privacy setting silently disables a local file-reading feature, and calls for a warning or fallback behavior.
- Suggestions include: reading local files independent of telemetry, adding global AGENTS.md support, and supporting native shared agent skills like Codex's .agents/skills.