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Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by deaux on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @08:28PM (#46983762)
Hi Boris, by far the most upvoted issue at 2550 on your github is "Support AGENTS.md" with 2550 upvotes. The second highest one has 563. Every single other agent supports AGENTS.md. Care to share why you haven't?

> Yoshi and others -- please keep the feedback coming. We want to hear it, and we genuinely want to improve the product in a way that gives great defaults for the majority of users, while being extremely hackable and customizable for everyone else.

I think an issue with 2550 upvotes, more than 4 times of the second-highest, is very clear feedback about your defaults and/or making it customizable.

Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by lgessler on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @09:02PM (#46984011)
Let's be real here, regardless of what Boris thinks, this decision is not in his hands.
Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by deaux on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @09:32PM (#46984246)
Would love to hear what Boris thinks.
Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by subscribed on Sunday February 15, 2026 @10:41AM (#47024548)
It's been three days. I think he only meant to keep the feedback coming, but not necessarily engaging with the key issues reported.
Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by bakugo on Thursday February 12, 2026 @01:11AM (#46985387)
> Every single other agent supports AGENTS.md. Care to share why you haven't?

Are you actually wondering, or just hoping to hear a confirmation of what you already know? Because the reason behind it is pretty clear, it doubles as both vendor lock-in and advertisement.

Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by deaux on Thursday February 12, 2026 @02:06AM (#46985682)
I'd love to hear Boris' thoughts on it given his open invitation for feedback and _genuinely_ wanting to improve the product, including specifically hackability and customizability (emphasis mine).
Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by patcon on Thursday February 12, 2026 @05:07AM (#46986911)
I'm sorry, this comment is opportunistic and a bit annoying to post here. Saying "keep the feedback coming" is not an invitation to turn this thread into the issue queue
Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by deaux on Thursday February 12, 2026 @08:46AM (#46988772)
"Opportunistic and annoying" are definitely two of the most suitable adjectives to describe the issue! I'm glad my comment is in character, though unfortunately it doesn't even manage touch the subject matter's levels of opportunism and annoyance.