Claude Code adds AGENTS.md support when CLAUDE.md is absent
The announcement says support starts with version 2.1.277 and can be toggled in /config.
TLDR
The September 18, 2026, announcement says Claude Code will check for and use AGENTS.md when a folder has no CLAUDE.md. A post sharing the news welcomes the standardization, predicting that most common AI coding agents will eventually work on the same repositories and need better ways to collaborate.
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