[BUG] Simple Physicist.md agent is blocked
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- [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
- [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
- [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code
What's Wrong?
Upload this to .claude/agent/domain/physicist.md, then run @agent-physicist Hello
No matter what prompt you send it, it will always respond with
@agent-physicist Hello
⏺ physicist(Physicist agent hello)
⎿ Done (0 tool uses · 0 tokens · 1s)
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⎿ API Error: Claude Code is unable to respond to this request, which appears
to violate our Usage Policy (https://www.anthropic.com/legal/aup). Please
double press esc to edit your last message or start a new session for
Claude Code to assist with a different task. If you are seeing this
refusal repeatedly, try running /model claude-sonnet-4-20250514 to switch
models.
What Should Happen?
If I send it @agent-physicist Hello, then it should respond back and not error.
Error Messages/Logs
@agent-physicist Hello
⏺ physicist(Physicist agent hello)
⎿ Done (0 tool uses · 0 tokens · 1s)
(ctrl+o to expand)
⎿ API Error: Claude Code is unable to respond to this request, which appears
to violate our Usage Policy (https://www.anthropic.com/legal/aup). Please
double press esc to edit your last message or start a new session for
Claude Code to assist with a different task. If you are seeing this
refusal repeatedly, try running /model claude-sonnet-4-20250514 to switch
models.
Steps to Reproduce
Upload attached agent to .claude/agent/domain/physicist.md, then run @agent-physicist Hello
No matter what prompt you send it, it will always respond with
@agent-physicist Hello
⏺ physicist(Physicist agent hello)
⎿ Done (0 tool uses · 0 tokens · 1s)
(ctrl+o to expand)
⎿ API Error: Claude Code is unable to respond to this request, which appears
to violate our Usage Policy (https://www.anthropic.com/legal/aup). Please
double press esc to edit your last message or start a new session for
Claude Code to assist with a different task. If you are seeing this
refusal repeatedly, try running /model claude-sonnet-4-20250514 to switch
models.
Claude Model
Opus
Is this a regression?
I don't know
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
2.1.114 (Claude Code)
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
macOS
Terminal/Shell
IntelliJ IDEA terminal
Additional Information
I work on a farm dealing with pesticides, and I constantly get the error above when trying to use Opus or Sonnet.
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