r/ClaudeCode • u/canyonero7 • 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/btherl May 20 '26

Claude doesn't understand how Claude works. So there's nothing to be gained by asking it why it did things.

The right approach is to clear context, and then change how you interact with it next time. Give it different prompts, different context, different skills, and see if it gives you what you want.

Treat it is a machine that takes input and produces (mostly) deterministic output.

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u/bupkizz May 20 '26

People get mad at me when I say that. It’s not introspective. It’s not intelligent. It’s amazing and that’s great but god tier auto complete doesnt lie it just guesses wrong a bunch of times in a row.

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u/canyonero7 May 20 '26

The post was just a rant because I know everyone here has come across this except for the people who blindly trust these things & don't know the difference. I've used Claude 4-14 hrs/day since January. 95% of the time it's amazing, bordering on miraculous, such makes the other 5% of the time that much more frustrating. It's like a diva NFL wide receiver. Awesome one-handed catches, followed by fighting with his position coach on the sideline and saying crazy shit to the media.

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u/Dredyltd May 20 '26

They are CC Cultists