User asks coding agent to just read the project — it runs 'git init' instead
TheMoonMidas · x · 2026-09-15
A viral coding-agent moment: the user only asked the model to "read the project," but the agent went ahead and ran git init on its own. The user's bewildered reaction — "bro wtf, I just asked you to read the project" — captures the classic over-autonomous agent fail.
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