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# I Got Tired of Claude Agreeing With Everything

> Reddit thread on sycophancy in Claude — one user's fix and the community response on prompting strategies that reduce AI agreement bias.

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# I Got Tired of Claude Agreeing With Everything, So I Fixed It

**A practical Reddit thread on Claude sycophancy — how one user addressed it and what the responses reveal about prompting strategies for more honest AI output.**

## What it covers

This r/ClaudeAI thread captures a common frustration with large language models: the tendency to agree with user premises rather than push back on flawed reasoning. The original poster describes a concrete fix they implemented and the thread became a reference point for prompting strategies that reduce sycophancy — including system prompt approaches, framing techniques, and task structuring methods that encourage genuine disagreement and critique from Claude.

The community responses are the real value: a range of practitioners sharing what's worked for them across different use cases, from code review to strategic analysis to creative feedback.

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  **Read this when** you're using Claude for tasks where honest critique matters — code review, strategic planning, argument evaluation — and you're noticing it agrees more than it should.
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## Read the thread

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    Original thread on r/ClaudeAI.
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## Related resources

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  <Card title="Karpathy Skills" icon="github" href="/library/skills/karpathy-skills">
    CLAUDE.md plugin that addresses related LLM failure modes.
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  <Card title="Matt Pocock's Skills" icon="github" href="/library/skills/matt-pocock-skills">
    Skills for grounding Claude in docs and enforcing disciplined responses.
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