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AI agent config files: CLAUDE.md, GEMINI.md, QWEN.md converging?

A discussion on Reddit explores the evolving conventions for agent configuration files, specifically whether AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, GEMINI.md, and QWEN.md are converging. Users are debating whether a single AGENTS.md file is becoming the standard across different AI models and tools, or if separate files for each model are still necessary. The conversation also touches on the practice of symlinking or duplicating these configuration files in various repositories. AI

IMPACT Standardization of AI agent configuration files could simplify development and integration across different models.

RANK_REASON Discussion on Reddit about evolving file conventions for AI agents.

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AI agent config files: CLAUDE.md, GEMINI.md, QWEN.md converging?

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  1. r/OpenAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/zanditamar ·

    Has AGENTS.md vs CLAUDE.md basically converged, or do you still keep them separate?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Genuinely curious how people handle this now. AGENTS.md is the cross-tool one (Codex and others read it), CLAUDE.md is Claude's, but tons of repos just symlink or duplicate one into the other.</p> <p>Do you keep them separate, pick one, or symlin…