Shopify CEO Weighs Ban on Claude Code Over File Formats
Tobi L眉tke cites split brain issues from exclusive CLAUDE.md support.
Shopify CEO Tobi L眉tke posted that he is considering a ban on Claude Code until it reads formats such as AGENTS.md and.agents/skills. He cited split-brain problems that arise when different team members use different tools, with Claude insisting on only reading CLAUDE.md. Replies on X included Matan Grinberg warning against reliance on any single provider, Nick Dobos suggesting a symlink workaround, Julien Chaumond hoping the post prompts change, and Chamath Palihapitiya agreeing the issue would persist without a fix.
I鈥檓 thinking about banning Cloude code at Shopify until they change their mind and read AGENTS.md and .agents/skills etc. Insisting on only reading CLAUDE.md sometimes leads to split brain problems when different team members use different tools. Just unnecessary.
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Matan Grinberg@matanSF@tobi This is what @FactoryAI is for! Too risky to standardize on any one model provider鈥檚 app layer
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ND Nick Dobos@NickADobos@tobi @TylerNishida Why don鈥檛 you symlink it? You can just make Claude .md point at agents .md and they can never get out of sync
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JC Julien Chaumond@julien_cHoping tobi鈥檚 tweet has enough visibility to make them change this!
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CP Chamath Palihapitiya@chamath@tobi unless they change it it will always lead to split brain...
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