Unverified50% confidenceFactExact time
Claude Code now supports reading the agents.md file; when connected to a folder without a Claude.md, it will instead read agents.md.
1
Sources
50%
Confidence
Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
10/7/2026
First Seen
Valid until: 1/5/2027
Sources
Related Entities
Related Claims
UnverifiedMost Agents read the agents.md file by default as the project-level System Prompt, while Claude reads CLAUDE.md separately.77% similarUnverifiedClaude Code adopts an agentic reading strategy, reading files on demand during task execution and recording its understanding in a CLAUDE.md file.75% similarUnverifiedClaude Code's compatibility strategy is to read CLAUDE.md first and fall back to AGENTS.md when it is absent.73% similarUnverifiedClaude Code's official documentation explicitly states that it reads CLAUDE.md, not AGENTS.md.73% similarUnverifiedClaude Code added a new feature: if there is no CLAUDE.md in a project, it will automatically read agents.md, which is commonly used by other AI programming tools.72% similar
Cite This Claim
Stable URI
https://kongchang.com/claim/984276API
curl https://kongchang.com/api/v1/knowledge/claims/984276MCP
get_claim(id=984276)