{"version":"2.1.314","anchor":"architecturemd-added-to-the-protected-edit-list","canonical_anchor":"architecturemd-added-to-the-protected-edit-list","heading":"ARCHITECTURE.md joins the list of protected files for edits","tier":"notice","area":"Permissions","scope":"individual","heads_up":true,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.314\/e\/architecturemd-added-to-the-protected-edit-list","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.314","markdown":"### ARCHITECTURE.md joins the list of protected files for edits\n\nEdits to any ARCHITECTURE.md file are now covered by the same edit rule as CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md and .mcp.json\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear whether edits to ARCHITECTURE.md are now blocked, need your approval, or are only marked as protected.\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code keeps a fixed list of edit rules for files that need special care. The list already covered CLAUDE.md, CLAUDE.local.md, AGENTS.md and .mcp.json. It now also includes `Edit(\/\/**\/ARCHITECTURE.md)`, which matches a file named ARCHITECTURE.md in any folder.\n\n**Why**\n\nIf your project has an ARCHITECTURE.md file, Claude may now handle edits to it as it handles edits to CLAUDE.md, for example by asking you first.\n\n- Area: Permissions\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: yes"}