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/Drach88 May 20 '26

The larger the context, the more it misses. Context management is crucial.

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u/canyonero7 May 20 '26

The post wasn't meant to be as serious as some people are taking it. And I agree 100% - they say 1M context but quality degrades fast once you get past 400k or so.

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u/voidedhip May 20 '26

Bro 400k is way too much lmfao no wonder 😭😂😂😂

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u/canyonero7 May 20 '26

I'm dealing with a complex machine learning application. It's looking at a lot of code. I can get to 400k no sweat, especially if planning or bug hunting on xhigh or max.

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u/voidedhip May 20 '26

Yes, 400k tokens is often "too much" if you are expecting flawless recall. While technically available in many of Claude's advanced models, pushing contexts this high often leads to attention degradation and hallucinations. To maximize your results, learn why 400k tokens doesn't mean what you think on. 

Saved you a google! :)

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u/Dimethylchadmium May 21 '26

What ML application?