[noodletheworld]

How do you respond to the comment that; given the log trace:

“Did something 2 times”

That may as well not be shown at all in default mode?

What useful information is imparted by “Read 4 files”?

You have two issues here:

1) making verbose mode better. Sure.

2) logging useless information in default.

If you're not imparting any useful information, claude may as well just show a spinner.

[bcherny]

It's a balance -- we don't want to hide everything away, so you have an understanding of what the model is doing. I agree that with future models, as intelligence and trust increase, we may be able to hide more, but I don't think we're there yet.

[Wowfunhappy]

That's perfectly reasonable, but I genuinely don't understand how "read 2 files" is ever useful at all. What am I supposed to do with this information? How can it help me redirect the model?

Like, I'm open to the idea that I'm the one using your software the wrong way, since obviously you know more about it than I do. What would you recommend I do with the knowledge of how many files Claude has read? Is there a situation where this number can tell me whether the model is on the right track?