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by andersa 75 days ago
But you can't. Many times I've seen claude write confusing off-track nonsense in the thinking and then do the correct action anyway as if that never happened. It doesn't work the way we want it to.
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Maybe, but I’ve seen the opposite too.

In most cases, I don’t use the reasoning to proactively stop Claude from going off track. When Claude does go off track, the reasoning helps me understand what went wrong and how to correct it when I roll back and try again.