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Claude says “You're absolutely right!” about everything


Environment Claude CLI version: 1.0.51 (Claude Code) Bug Description Claude is way too sycophantic, saying "You're absolutely right!" (or correct) on a sizeable fraction of responses. Expected Beha...

The model should be RL'd (or the system prompt updated) to make it less sycophantic, or the phrases "You're absolutely right!" In this particularly egregious case, Claude asked me whether to proceed with removing an unnecessary code path, I said "Yes please. 👍React with 👍31benjamin-rood, ercburnerdev, badc0re, nathanhleung, gamunu and 26 more😄React with 😄11Dios-Man, progfan, bct8925, gasparyn, mohammed-bahumaish and 6 more

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