docs(CLAUDE.md): tell agents to read the PR template file themselves

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Relevant issues

Follow-up to #32373

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Docs-only change to the PR-body guidance in CLAUDE.md; no runtime behavior, so nothing to run

Type

📖 Documentation

Changes

#32373 added a warning that agent harnesses may strip HTML comments from auto-injected copies of the PR template. The concern with keeping that wording is that CLAUDE.md gets injected into everyone's context, so seeding it with the idea of HTML-comment stripping is noise for most readers

This rephrases the rule to just tell the agent to read .github/pull_request_template.md itself with the read file or bash tool before writing a PR body, rather than relying on an auto-@'d copy that may have been trimmed. Same practical outcome (you see every comment rule) without mentioning HTML or harness internals

Link to Devin session: https://app.devin.ai/sessions/75bfafebbb1b47cf80f11669204c7df7
Requested by: @mateo-berri

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Greptile Summary

This PR tightens the PR-body authoring guidance in CLAUDE.md by replacing implementation-detail wording (HTML comment stripping by agent harnesses) with a simpler, direct instruction for agents to read .github/pull_request_template.md themselves using the read file or bash tool. It also removes an erroneous @ prefix from the first path reference.

• Removes the harness-internals explanation that was noise for non-agent readers, keeping the practical outcome identical.
• Replaces the passive "read from disk" phrasing with an explicit tool-call instruction that is more actionable for agent consumers of CLAUDE.md.

Confidence Score: 5/5

Single-line prose edit to an agent instruction file with no runtime behaviour; safe to merge.

The change touches only one line of CLAUDE.md, removing a harness-implementation detail and making the instruction more direct. There is no logic, no code, and no schema involved — the only risk would be ambiguous wording, and the new phrasing is clearer than what it replaces.

No files require special attention.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
CLAUDE.md	Rephrases the PR-body guidance: removes the @ prefix from the template path reference and replaces the HTML-comment-stripping explanation with a direct instruction to read the file using the read file or bash tool.

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Merging this PR will not alter performance

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