Agent Discovery Failure: Markdown Files Not Recognized in /agent Directory

Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Aug 14, 2025 by JanisVirtualEntity Closed Aug 14, 2025

Bug Description
I have .md files in /agent but claude code says i have no agents... Even if i do it in claude code and generate a agent, it still does not appear in my agents list.

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: iTerm.app
  • Version: 1.0.80
  • Feedback ID: 75e6f11a-142f-4947-a85d-d0cc2a2e5d1d

Errors

[{"error":"Error: Agent file /Users/janisjankewitz/.claude/agents/README.md is missing required 'name' in frontmatter\n    at _W8 (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2344:1724)\n    at file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2344:282\n    at Array.map (<anonymous>)\n    at file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2344:212\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at async Object.call (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3354:3325)","timestamp":"2025-08-14T13:01:39.884Z"},{"error":"ReferenceError: location is not defined\n    at file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2344:424\n    at Array.map (<anonymous>)\n    at file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2344:212\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at async Object.call (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3354:3325)","timestamp":"2025-08-14T13:01:39.890Z"},{"error":"Error: Agent file /Users/janisjankewitz/.claude/agents/README.md is missing required 'name' in frontmatter\n    at _W8 (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2344:1724)\n    at file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2344:282\n    at Array.map (<anonymous>)\n    at file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2344:212\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at async R (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3350:25528)","timestamp":"2025-08-14T13:02:17.241Z"},{"error":"ReferenceError: location is not defined\n    at file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2344:424\n    at Array.map (<anonymous>)\n    at file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2344:212\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at async R (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3350:25528)","timestamp":"2025-08-14T13:02:17.243Z"}]

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