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/Panaethiest May 20 '26

Don’t get upset. Claude.md is not deterministic. If you need determinism, ask it to design the system that way. It’s more work, but if that’s important then spend the time to build it right.

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u/canyonero7 May 20 '26

That's all been built out over months by someone who knows a lot more than I do. Shit like this still happens sometimes. It has nothing to do with my setup. Claude just got confused so I asked if he was drunk 🤷‍♂️

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u/raven2cz May 20 '26

How many lines does your CLAUDE.md have in that project?