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Claude Code Adds AGENTS.md Support and Free Server-Side Auto Mode
Claude Code now reads AGENTS.md instead of a missing CLAUDE.md, configurable under Project instructions in /config. Auto mode for Claude API and Enterprise users now defaults to a server-side classifier that does not charge for classifier overhead tokens, with an opt-out via CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_MODE_SERVER=0.
September 19, 2026 2 min read
Curated by Oleksandr Kuzmenko, AI Product EngineerUpdated September 19, 2026Sources cited on every story
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Why it matters
Claude Code now reads AGENTS.md instead of a missing CLAUDE.md, configurable under Project instructions in /config. Auto mode for Claude API and Enterprise users now defaults to a server-side classifier that does not charge for classifier overhead tokens, with an opt-out via CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_MODE_SERVER=0.