Claude Code handled a vague request by checking safety first
Claude Code audited a project and produced more output than the person wanted to read. The person then gave a loose instruction to do whatever seemed safest.
Claude Code answered that it would avoid changes that might create work to undo later. When the work continued, Claude Code chose a first : confirm whether the WASM part could be rebuilt from Rust.
It also planned to check the toolchain, the build setup, and whether its existing harness still worked. After about 30 minutes, the website appeared to be working.
Key points
- duced a large audit result that was hard to review manually.
- A vague instruction led Claude Code to choose a safer path instead of making risky changes immediately.
- Its first was rebuilding the WASM from Rust.
- It planned to check the toolchain, build setup, and harness before moving further.
- The website appeared to work after about 30 minutes.