Shopify CEO Weighs Ban on Claude Code Over File Formats
Tobi Lütke cites split brain issues from exclusive CLAUDE.md support.
Tobi Lütke posted that he is thinking about banning Claude code at Shopify. He stated the tool's exclusive focus on CLAUDE.md creates split brain problems when team members use different AI coding tools that expect AGENTS.md or.agents/skills. Replies included suggestions such as symlinks to keep files in sync and mentions of platforms designed to avoid single-provider lock-in. Lütke's comment is a stated consideration, not a confirmed policy change.
I’m thinking about banning Cloude code at Shopify until they change their mind and read AGENTS.md and .agents/skills etc. Insisting on only reading CLAUDE.md sometimes leads to split brain problems when different team members use different tools. Just unnecessary.
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tobi lutke@tobiI’m thinking about banning Claude code at Shopify until they change their mind and read AGENTS.md and .agents/skills etc. Insisting on only reading CLAUDE.md sometimes leads to split brain problems when different team members use different tools. Just unnecessary.
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MG Matan Grinberg@matanSF@tobi This is what @FactoryAI is for! Too risky to standardize on any one model provider’s app layer
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ND Nick Dobos@NickADobos@tobi @TylerNishida Why don’t you symlink it? You can just make Claude .md point at agents .md and they can never get out of sync
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CP Chamath Palihapitiya@chamath@tobi unless they change it it will always lead to split brain...
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JC Julien Chaumond@julien_cHoping tobi’s tweet has enough visibility to make them change this!
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