[vidarh]

> The list is long, but Claude doesn't run out of patience like a human being does

I've flat out had Claude tell me it's task was getting tedious, and it will often grasp at straws to use as excuses for stopping a repetitive task and moving in to something else.

Keeping it on task when something keeps moving forward, is easy, but when it gets repetitive it takes a lot of effort to make it stick to it.

[8note]

ive been getting that experience with both claude-code and gemini, but not from cline and qcli. i wonder why

[danielbln]

Different system prompts, also Claude Code is aware of its own context and will sometimes try to simplify or take a short cut as the context nears exhaustion.

Some global rules will generally keep it on track though, telling it to ask me before it simplifies or give up, and I ask it frequently to ask me clarifying questions, which generally also helps keeping it chugging in the right direction and uncover gaps in its understanding.