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openclawCLAUDE.md

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openclaw/acpx/agents/Claude.md

Built-in acpx claude sessions load Claude project and local settings, but not user settings. The same isolation and saved session options apply on creation, load, and resume. This prevents globally enabled channel and daemon plugins from claiming singleton external resources in an ACP-spawned session. Set ACPXCLAUDEINCLUDEUSERSETTINGS=1 only when the spawned session needs the user's global Claude settings and no such plugin conflict exists. Ambient credentials and other environment variables are still inherited normally. On Windows, native Claude executable discovery resolves…

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CLAUDE.md vs AGENTS.md

About CLAUDE.md

What is CLAUDE.md?

A file Claude Code reads at the start of every session. It holds the commands, conventions and warnings the agent needs for this project.

Where does it go?

At the repository root. Claude Code also reads CLAUDE.md files in subdirectories when it works there.

What should it contain?

Build and test commands, the project's layout, conventions that aren't obvious from the code, and mistakes to avoid. Short files tend to work better than long ones.

CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md?

Claude Code reads CLAUDE.md; most other agents read AGENTS.md. Many projects keep one and point the other at it.