claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix I gave CC very clear adn simple instruction - it went and did something else

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Type of Behavior Issue

Claude ignored my instructions or configuration

What You Asked Claude to Do

i gave very clear and unambigious instruction, claude had not bothered to read the claude. file, so it looked elsewhere and then came back and told me that the data was not there, where I could see it on teh screen. I then cussed it and more, cos I know aht if an itteration starts by not listening, that turns out like a visit at the dentist to get what is wanted. I opened a new itteration and pasted the exact same instruction and it did exactly what it should hve.

What Claude Actually Did

it did not read the readme or claude. and made assumptions then told me the data is not there

Expected Behavior

just go read the record in ledger (an app I wrote as a devtool),

Files Affected

none, as I stopped the convo.

Permission Mode

I don't know / Not sure

Can You Reproduce This?

No, only happened once

Steps to Reproduce

No response

Claude Model

Opus

Relevant Conversation

this is frmo claude after I called it out, asking where i report it.
Tag it as behavior/regression. Describing the specific failure (queried wrong path, told you the data didn't exist, didn't verify before contradicting what you could see) gives them something concrete to act on.

Impact

Low - Minor inconvenience

Claude Code Version

opus

Platform

Anthropic API

Additional Context

No response