Subagent misreads an abbreviation, stop hook blocks Claude Code after goal is met
kalomaze · x · 2026-11-14
Developer kalomaze vents about a default-on failure mode in coding agents: a smaller subagent with less context misinterpreted the abbreviation "PM" in a /goal as something entirely different ("Power Member"), so the stop hook rejected the main model right after the goal condition had actually been met. He questions why this class of failure can happen at all — and why it's enabled by default.
Related event: Developer slams Claude's invisible sub-calls and opaque eval harness(4 posts)→
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