Bug: Model Behavior: changes API style of existing API when adding to it despite beeing told not to
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Oct 12, 2025 by FreddyE1982 Closed Nov 11, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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I had a nice simple api that used dot structures only like
something = something.something
something.something = something
I asked the agent to add some functionality to that api and explicitly told it NOT to change the api style explaining things as above.
It changed the whole api anyway to use functions and complicated structures instead.
PS:
You really need to make the model better adhere to specific user instructions
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