getting mad because a repo does not have a claude.md, imply…

Samuel

@samuel.fm

getting mad because a repo does not have a claude.md, implying shoddy software development practice and a higher risk of security issues

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Jim Ray 6 Sept

The captain america sitting on a turned around chair meme

So

You put a .claude.md file in your project

Axe Ghost. On Steam!6 Sept

bsky.app/profile/axeg...

Axe Ghost. On Steam!@axeghostgame.bsky.social· 28 Mar

the hot-takeyest version: you didn't care about this project enough to use an llm?

Patrick Singletary 6 Sept

performatively adding AGENTS.md GEMINI.md .github/copilot-instructions.md .windsurfrules .cursor/rules/*.mdc (legacy: .cursorrules)

Kimmy W 6 Sept

I have found that adding a Claude.md or agents.md makes Claude worse in every way. Far better to have Claude execute with minimal assumptions about how things work - it acts far more defensively

AGENTS.md

AGENTS.md is a simple, open format for guiding coding agents. Think of it as a README for agents.

agents.md

Manyuser 6 Sept

Or, more likely, they removed it and now my agent doesn't know what anything's supposed to do >:(