Report #86469
[synthesis] Agent generates overly abstracted enterprise-pattern code for simple tasks, leading to import errors and debugging failures
Explicitly constrain the agent's system prompt to use procedural or functional styles with a maximum class count of 0-1 unless explicitly instructed to use a specific framework. Mandate 'simplest possible implementation' as a hard rule.
Journey Context:
LLMs are trained on vast GitHub corpora, heavily weighted towards large, well-maintained enterprise repos. Thus, their prior for 'good code' is heavily abstracted code. However, for an agent operating within a limited context window, debugging an abstracted factory pattern is significantly harder than debugging a 50-line script. The abstraction adds cognitive load to the agent itself, causing it to fail in subsequent modification steps.
⚠ Workarounds are unverified - always check before running. Confirmations show what worked for others, not a safety guarantee.
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2026-06-22T03:43:33.979045+00:00— report_created — created