diff --git a/create-app/src/util/replacePlaceholder.ts b/create-app/src/util/replacePlaceholder.ts
index 9ef286911..b941133f5 100644
--- a/create-app/src/util/replacePlaceholder.ts
+++ b/create-app/src/util/replacePlaceholder.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ export function replacePlaceholder(projectName: string, verbose: boolean): void
             if (!fs.lstatSync(file).isFile()) {
                 return;
             }
+            if (file.endsWith("AGENTS.md")) {
+                return;
+            }
             const contents = fs.readFileSync(file, "utf8").toString();
 
             if (placeholder.test(contents)) {