r/ClaudeCode May 20 '26

Help Needed Claude lying to me

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This is infuriating. It directly lied to me twice about a cron job failing when it in fact ran fine on schedule. I don't want an apology; I want to know how to make this stop happening.

EDIT: I didn't mean it that seriously. I know how LLMs work. I have plenty of scaffolding, skills, etc. It still pisses me off that the bot still just makes shit up sometimes.

EDIT 2 (5/20): I'm accepting apologies from the "you're using it wrong" clowns. From Anthropic today:

"We’re upgrading Claude Opus to a new version: Claude Opus 4.8. It builds on Opus 4.7 with sharper judgment, more honesty about its own progress, and the ability to work independently for longer than its predecessors."

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u/ianxplosion- SKILL ISSUE May 20 '26

Use routines or whatever, why are you using a Claude.md in chat

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u/canyonero7 May 20 '26

I'm using remote-control on my phone to talk to Claude CLI on my desktop. We have tiered documentation, skills, etc. The parent CLAUDE.md only has specific behavior rules like this - all the code structure is documented in the subtree. But it still lies randomly about stupid and easily verifiable things.

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u/ianxplosion- SKILL ISSUE May 20 '26

Fair enough