claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix Explore agent ignores custom CLAUDE.md rules about tool preferences (uses grep instead of rg)

Problem

The Explore agent (subagent_type=Explore) uses grep -ri for searching, completely ignoring user-defined rules in CLAUDE.md and .claude/rules/ that explicitly require rg or ugrep --ignore-files instead.

Environment

Rules are clearly defined in CLAUDE.md and project rule files:

- Search file contents → Use ugrep --ignore-files or rg in Bash. grep/ack are forbidden.
- Bash limited to: which/git/gh/uv/rg/bfs/ugrep and other system commands

Reproduction

When the main agent spawns an Explore agent via Agent(subagent_type=Explore, ...), the Explore agent internally uses grep -ri for searches, completely ignoring the user's configured rules.

Expected Behavior

The Explore agent should inherit the main agent's CLAUDE.md and .claude/rules/ configuration, using rg or ugrep instead of grep.

Impact

• Violates user-defined tool preferences explicitly set in project rules
• grep does not respect .gitignore, potentially scanning node_modules/ and other large directories, wasting resources
• Users must repeatedly correct this behavior, reducing efficiency
• Undermines the purpose of having configurable rules if subagents ignore them

Suggestion

All subagents (including Explore, Plan, code-reviewer, etc.) should read and respect the project's CLAUDE.md and .claude/rules/ configuration, especially tool preference settings. If a user has banned grep in favor of rg, that preference should propagate to all spawned agents.