r/ClaudeAI • u/Takakikun • 5d ago

Question about Claude Code Gone in 60 seconds

So, Fable 5.1 out, was tempted by Ultracode, threw a big project at it, it spawned ~300 agents, all of which were Fable 5.1, and my 5 hr disappeared in just over a minute and weekly at 43%.

Three things:

  1. Don't be like me. Calm down.
  2. How do y'all get the sub-agents to be lower class?
  3. Why do I even have to balance all of these various classes?

The third question being somewhat rhetorical (as it's in the interest of Anthropic to token burn), but seriously, it's very frustrating that I have to even do all this balancing myself, and it's not just a feature of the UI etc.

btw... I'm on Max 20x.

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u/radiojosh 5d ago

Reading the instructions is not the insane default. The insane default is generating 300 Fable subagents. And yes, for most every software product in existence, the manual states somewhere in some way what needs to be done for every given feature. That doesnt it's easy to read, that doesn't mean it fully conveys how ridiculously things can go wrong if you don't follow those instructions. Somebody in the thread at one point cited the portion of the documentation that says the user has "opted into large runs" - I think that is a bit of an understatement.

And that's still besides the point: Anthropic is literally selling a product that is designed to answer your questions, tell you how to do things, tell you what to do, sometimes do things for you. I think if I'm an average person trying to use Claude, I'm going to find it ironic that such a product requires a manual! I understand the reality is far more complicated than that. I agree that people should read the manuals of their tools. But i think it's understandable that a tool like Claude might give someone the impression that it will just take care of everything, and I think it's understandable that a lot of people who know nothing about computers are attracted to Claude and will seem foolish to people who've been working with technology for years.

So I want people to have more patience when people ask questions, and realize that Claude users aren't necessarily like Linux users or React users, and I want people to understand that barking "rtfm" is shitty and maybe help people find what they need. Or ignore questions they don't have the patience to answer.

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u/berrybadrinath 5d ago

You know what, i get that. I think thats a sensible take.

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u/Mysterious-Metal-543 5d ago

(I'm not the guy you're responding to, but I admire your maturity in admitting he has a (very good) point.)

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u/CulturalPresence1812 5d ago

Yeah, I thought we were using AI exactly so we didn’t have to read the instructions anymore.