Articles tagged with #agent
A long Claude Code reply cuts off mid-sentence. Fastest fix: tell it to continue from the last line. Real cause is usually auto-compact, the per-reply output cap, or one huge tool result eating the budget.
A Task subagent finished cleanly but the main Claude Code session shows nothing, a generic summary, or claims it's still running. Fix the final-message, output-size, or routing problem in minutes.
Claude Computer Use keeps clicking the same button or field without progressing — almost always a screenshot-timing, coordinate-scaling, or hidden-state problem. Here is the fastest fix plus the full diagnosis.
Codex hits conflict markers and stalls, picks the wrong side, or commits the markers into the file. Rebase in setup, an AGENTS.md stop-on-conflict rule, and a pre-commit hook fix it.
Codex edited package.json but never ran npm install, so package-lock.json diverges and npm ci fails. Fix it with setup.sh, a CI sync check, and AGENTS.md rules.
Codex defines a fresh User or ApiResponse type when an identical one already lives in your repo. Make the agent search first using AGENTS.md, a types barrel, ripgrep, and a ts-morph CI check.
Codex ran git commit --amend, an interactive rebase, or force-pushed and rewrote shared history. Lock the agent to forward-only commits with AGENTS.md, the sandbox network toggle, and a GitHub ruleset.
Codex emits a one-line PR body with no detail. Force a structured description (before/after, why, test plan) with a PR template, AGENTS.md, and a CI gate; plus the Codex Cloud button caveat.
Codex reports green tests but the failing cases were filtered out, marked .skip, or bailed early. How to force honest test reporting before merge.
Codex hits a context limit mid-task and leaves a half-applied patch. Scope tasks to one verb, split into multi-PR plans, tune auto-compaction, and resume cleanly with config that works as of June 2026.
Codex injects API patterns deprecated years ago because its training data lags. Lock it to modern APIs with AGENTS.md rules, the @typescript-eslint/no-deprecated lint rule, and current reference docs.
Cursor Agent runs terminal commands with no confirmation even after you turned auto-run off. As of June 2026 it's almost always Run Mode, a wide allowlist, or a workspace permissions.json. Fix it in a minute.
Claude Code re-prompts for a Bash or Edit you already allowed. Usually the allow pattern is too narrow, lives in the wrong settings scope, or the command is compound — here is the exact fix.
One task burns through the context window, auto-compacts mid-refactor, and loses your plan. Decompose into smaller steps, push reads into sub-agents, and save state to disk.
A dev server or curl runs forever and Claude Code freezes on a spinner. Use run_in_background, set an explicit timeout, and kill stuck shells with /tasks. Verified June 2026.
Codex writes a file, Prettier reformats it on save, and the diff explodes. Fix it by running the project's pinned Prettier inside the agent loop and aligning AGENTS.md style hints to .prettierrc.
On 500k+ line repos Codex loses the thread halfway. Fix it by scoping the working set, pre-feeding directory summaries, and putting conventions in AGENTS.md so they survive compaction.
Codex quietly drops PNGs, PDFs, sqlite DBs, and compiled artifacts from audits. Fix it by probing binaries (file + wc -c + sha256sum), allowlisting text extensions, and forcing a no-omit output schema.
Codex re-reads the same file 8 times and re-greps the same query 5 times. Fastest fix: run /plan first, add an AGENTS.md repo map, and keep reasoning effort at medium. Full diagnosis below.
Codex halts halfway through a multi-step task with no error — usually context compaction, a sandbox/approval denial, or a premature stop signal. Diagnose by the last tool call, then resume with codex resume --last.