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by brookst 289 days ago
Same plan, same experience. Trying to get it to develop and execute tests and it frequently modifies the test to succeed even if the libraries it calls fail, and then explains that it’s doing so because the test itself works but the underlying app has errors.

Yes, I know. That’s what the test was for.
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zarzavat 289 days ago
Anthropic, if you're listening, please allow zoned access enforcement within files. I want to be able to say "this section of the file is for testing", delineated by comments, and forbid Claude from editing it without permission.

My fear when using Claude is that it will change a test and I won't notice.

Splitting tests into different files works but it's often not feasible, e.g. if I want to write unit tests for a symbol that is not exported.

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blyat 288 days ago
I've had some middling success with this by utilizing CLAUDE.md and language features. Two approaches in C#: 1) use partial classes and create a 'rule' in CLAUDE.md to never touch named files, e.g. User.cs (edits allowed) User.Protected.cs (not allowed by convention) and 2) a no-AI-allowed attribute, e.g. [DontModifyThisClassOrAttributeOrMethodOrWhatever] and instructions to never modify said target. Can be much more granular and Claude Code seems to respect it.
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geeunits 289 days ago
Does already, read the docs
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boie0025 289 days ago
I think a link would have been far more helpful than "RTFM". Especially for those of us reading this exchange outside of the line of fire.
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geeunits 288 days ago
Don't put the onus (Opus!) on me! Just a dad approach to helping. If there's enough time to writ prose about the problem you could at least rtfm first!
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simonw 288 days ago
If you know something is covered by the documentation it's useful to provide a link, especially if that documentation is difficult to find.

(I couldn't find that documentation when I went looking just now.)

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geeunits 288 days ago
Step 1: https://docs.anthropic.com

Step 2: Type 'Allowed Tools'

Step 3: Click: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code/sdk/sdk-headl...

Step 4: Read

Step 5: Example --allowedTools "Read,Grep,WebSearch"

Step 6: Profit?

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