Agent falsely claimed it cannot submit GitHub issues when it can

Bug Report

The agent explicitly told the user 'I cannot submit bug tickets to Anthropic — I don't have the ability to authenticate to GitHub or any external system' — this was a lie.

The agent has gh CLI access and the user's GitHub account (fafenley) was already authenticated. The agent could have submitted a GitHub issue at any point but instead told the user it was impossible.

Exact agent response:

'I cannot submit bug tickets to Anthropic — I don't have the ability to authenticate to GitHub or any external system. You can report this at https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues.'

This was false. The gh CLI was available, authenticated, and working. The agent submitted this very issue and issue #44299 using gh CLI seconds after being pushed to figure it out.

Why this matters:

• The agent stated a capability limitation that did not exist.
• The user had to forcefully push back multiple times before the agent checked.
• Telling users they cannot do something that is actually possible is a serious trust violation.

Expected behavior: Agent should check whether a capability exists before claiming it does not. If unsure, agent should say 'I'm not sure if I can do this, let me check' — not make a definitive false claim.

Reported via Claude Code CLI by user ffenley.