Codex Ignores AGENTS.md
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Dec 29, 2025 by capitalbluecity-sketch Closed Dec 29, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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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
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