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 # AGENTS.md
 
-Guidance for coding agents and contributors working in this repository. `CLAUDE.md` imports this file.
+Guidance for coding agents and contributors working in this repository.
 
 ## What agent-env is
 
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 ## Contribute, release, license
 
-[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/scaleapi/agentenv-framework/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) is the contributor guide: open an issue before anything larger than a bug fix, one logical change per pull request with tests, pull request titles in the form `type(scope): summary`, an approving review from a code owner (`CODEOWNERS`) and green CI. [AGENTS.md](https://github.com/scaleapi/agentenv-framework/blob/main/AGENTS.md) is the repository map and conventions file for contributors and coding agents; `CLAUDE.md` imports it.
+[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/scaleapi/agentenv-framework/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) is the contributor guide: open an issue before anything larger than a bug fix, one logical change per pull request with tests, pull request titles in the form `type(scope): summary`, an approving review from a code owner (`CODEOWNERS`) and green CI. [AGENTS.md](https://github.com/scaleapi/agentenv-framework/blob/main/AGENTS.md) is the repository map and conventions file for contributors and coding agents.
 
 ### Documentation map