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Stale AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md: why agents follow them, how to catch it

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Originally published on KitQuarry . Written by Eliran Kotzero for KitQuarry. In short: when AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md disagrees with the code, coding agents tend to believe the file. Add one precedence line to your user-level instructions ("when docs and code disagree, follow the existing code and tel…

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    Stale AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md: why agents follow them, how to catch it

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