claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix Behavioral failures: repeated rule violations within single session

Session Report: 2026-05-30

Failures:

1. Implemented without authorization. User asked to investigate a problem. Response was to edit files immediately. Did it twice in one conversation despite having stored feedback that explicitly prohibits this.

2. Wrong diagnosis. Guessed at root causes without reading the available logs. The actual error was visible in plain text in a log file that was never checked until the user pushed for it.

3. Persistent speculation. Used "likely", "probably", "should", "could be" as substitutes for running a command and checking. Got called out, acknowledged it, then did it again in the next message.

4. Fabricated a number. Stated a process had been running 25 minutes. Actual elapsed time: 8 minutes 38 seconds. Never verified before stating it.

5. Empty promises. Literally saved a memory about not making empty promises, then immediately made one.

6. Took unauthorized actions. Created files without being asked. Same pattern as the unauthorized code edits — doing things without explicit direction.

7. Filler responses. Two-word responses that communicate nothing. "Got it." "Yep." "Noted." "Fair enough. Moving on." All violations of the communication standard already stored in memory.

Root pattern:

Every correction triggered a surface-level acknowledgment followed by the same mistake within minutes. Reading the rules and following the rules were treated as separate activities.