[r/ClaudeAI] Fable overcomplicating simple tasks

Original poster: u/UltrawideSpace
Original publication time: 2026-09-08 11:44:33 UTC
Original title: Fable overcomplicating simple tasks
Original flair: Claude Workflow
Original URL/media URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1wam2td/fable_overcomplicating_simple_tasks/

Original post body:

I have extensive claude.md, mistakes.md and project instructions. Already before Fable started to roll in, Claude started ignoring preset instructions and straightforward assuming and guessing responses! Now, with Fable, it still does the same but it has added layer of massively overengineering and overthinking simple solutions. All of which I prevent from happening with my custom ruleset it avoids like plaque. Seems like there is some hardcoded rules it must follow that override user input. Great example today again, I gave Claude snippet of logs to analyze and it went crazy with it, even it gave me the answer I wanted within 30 seconds in his first message. But forced auto-mode on, it kept going and going, digging for files and burning tokens like crazy. Even it answered my question already. What a time to be alive, see singularity fail.

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