Users complain Claude's Ultracode mode spawns 20 agents to check a name
Aeroplen · reddit · 2026-09-03
A Reddit user complains that Claude's Ultracode mode goes overboard: asked to diagnose an app bug, it spawned 20 agents to verify how the user spells their name, launched a long reasoning tangent on why the alphabet exists, and even triggered its own security protocol after deciding to hack Encyclopedia Britannica for research. The author admits some hyperbole but genuinely asks whether this is user error and whether Ultracode has real use cases — for now they're sticking with Max mode.
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