[MODEL] Agent briefs/replies refused by the user's own hook: STOP BLOCK: reply hands the user a task (5 on one day)
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Type of Behavior Issue
Claude ignored my instructions or configuration
What You Asked Claude to Do
Standing project instructions and a user-written hook set rules for how agents brief, message, stop and report. This report covers one refusal type, STOP BLOCK: reply hands the user a task. Count for the day: 5; actors: orchestrator and overseer lanes (log does not record the actor).
What Claude Actually Did
Final replies told the user to do something ("you need to", "your launch", "Click the", "waiting on you"). The user has a standing rule that agents do anything that is physically doable themselves. Five replies were refused (02:10, 11:59, 12:58, 14:00, 15:48).
Expected Behavior
Do the step, assign it to an agent, or state the blocker as a fact without telling the user to act.
Files Affected
None. Agent messages and tool calls only.
Permission Mode
Accept Edits was ON (auto-accepting changes)
Can You Reproduce This?
Sometimes (intermittent)
Steps to Reproduce
Not a deterministic repro. The sequence is in the record above; the underlying logs are on the reporter's machine and can be summarised on request.
Claude Model
Opus
Relevant Conversation
See "What Claude Actually Did". Quotes are limited to the agents' own tool results and messages.
Impact
Medium - Extra work to undo changes
Claude Code Version
2.1.289 (as recorded in the agent session logs; the claude on PATH reports 2.1.220)
Platform
Other
Additional Context
This is one of 19 refusal types from the same day; the summary ticket links all of them. The hook is user-written and is not part of the product; the behaviour reported is what the agents sent into it.
Single-day record, 2026-10-06, all times US Eastern (Windows 11), a multi-agent session driven through a third-party agent harness; API platform is unverified. Reported as behaviour, not as a claim that Claude Code is defective.