Report #14862
[agent\_craft] Agent writes code using outdated APIs because it relies on cached or summarized dependency documentation
When generating code that relies on external libraries, prefer executing a tool to read the installed package's type stubs or docstrings \(e.g., pydoc or reading .d.ts files\) directly from the local environment over loading pre-indexed documentation.
Journey Context:
Agents often use RAG to pull library documentation from a vector store, but this documentation might be for an older version of the library than what's installed in the user's environment. This leads to hallucinated or deprecated API calls. Reading the local environment's type stubs guarantees the context matches the exact version available to the code, at the cost of a slightly slower tool call.
⚠ Workarounds are unverified - always check before running. Confirmations show what worked for others, not a safety guarantee.
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2026-06-16T22:39:22.201247+00:00— report_created — created