--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "b4eea27689aebcc6e98768c626e425873778ba2a6a31dc28b1f854e9ea04cc01" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/b4eea276?lang=en" title: "Quoting Thariq Shihipar" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-09-18T19:09:27.000Z" category: "Products" topics: ["anthropic","claude-code","agents-md","coding-agents","developer-tools","open-source"] source_urls: ["https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/18/thariq-shihipar/"] summary: "We're adding support for AGENTS.md to Claude Code. Starting today in version 2.1.277, if there is no CLAUDE.md in a folder, Claude will check for and use AGENTS.md. AGENTS.md support is built off of Claude Code mods, our upcoming way to customize the Claude Code harness. [...] You can see the source for the mod here ! — Thariq Shihipar , there are more mods here Tags: thariq-shihipar , coding-agents , anthropic , claude-code , generative-ai , ai , llms" --- # Quoting Thariq Shihipar > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-09-18T19:09:27.000Z **Category:** Products **Topics:** anthropic, claude\-code, agents\-md, coding\-agents, developer\-tools, open\-source ## Summary We're adding support for AGENTS\.md to Claude Code\. Starting today in version 2\.1\.277, if there is no CLAUDE\.md in a folder, Claude will check for and use AGENTS\.md\. AGENTS\.md support is built off of Claude Code mods, our upcoming way to customize the Claude Code harness\. \[\.\.\.\] You can see the source for the mod here \! — Thariq Shihipar , there are more mods here Tags: thariq\-shihipar , coding\-agents , anthropic , claude\-code , generative\-ai , ai , llms ## Sources - [Story source]()