Codex Ignores AGENTS.md

What version of Codex is running?

0.77

What subscription do you have?

PLUS

Which model were you using?

5.2 High

What platform is your computer?

Linux 6.17.0-8-generic x86_64 unknown

What issue are you seeing?

We are Trying out Codex with our Existing Claude Code Setup . Wrote an AGENTS.md with explicit instructions to read CLAUDE.md at startup but codex does not do that. Needs to be scolded to achieve that.

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What steps can reproduce the bug?

adding instructions to read CLAUDE.md to codex in AGENTS.md

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What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

Additional information

_No response_