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- Summary: The post reports that Claude Code, which added AGENTS.md support in 2.1.277, reads the file from the working directory only when a remote feature gate is reachable and enabled, measured with canary words and a string search of the 2.1.280 bundle. The post collects and extends issue #95690, which names the Statsig gate
tengu_agents_md_mod, so the two sources share one provenance chain rather than corroborating each other. Setting CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC=1 or DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1 skips the file with no warning, and the post attributes the same behavior on third-party gateways, Bedrock, and Vertex to the issue. The issue is open and labelled enhancement, and the author labels the post ai-assisted. - Why it matters: A telemetry-off install can run with no project instructions and no notice that a file was skipped, and a CLAUDE.md holding
@AGENTS.md restores the read. - Follow-up: Track whether Anthropic responds on issue #95690 or makes the AGENTS.md read independent of the gate.
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