Claude Code recommends blocking delegation

[Alan Karp]

A guy I know asked me to review his writeup of a medical records system.  It contained the statement, "She can hand over to a colleague, but only if you allow it."  When I pointed out the problem with attempting to block delegation, his answer was, "This is just what Claude Code suggested. It's not perfect!"  I'm inclined to agree.

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Alan Karp

[William ML Leslie]

On Fri, 25 Sept 2026 at 09:03, Alan Karp <alan...@gmail.com> wrote:

A guy I know asked me to review his writeup of a medical records system.  It contained the statement, "She can hand over to a colleague, but only if you allow it."  When I pointed out the problem with attempting to block delegation, his answer was, "This is just what Claude Code suggested. It's not perfect!"  I'm inclined to agree.

Whichever model they used, I don't think there are a lot of capability systems in that training data.

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William ML Leslie

responsible ai use is not a thing

[Alan Karp]

And almost all the ones I've seen insist on limiting delegation.

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Alan Karp

[William ML Leslie]

"Best practice" is a mountain, the foundation of which bakes in all sorts of assumptions about not having a capability system.  We've got a big climb ahead.

Apropos? https://youtu.be/deKtxzvf92g

[Matt Rice]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 4:03 PM Alan Karp <alan...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> A guy I know asked me to review his writeup of a medical records system. It contained the statement, "She can hand over to a colleague, but only if you allow it." When I pointed out the problem with attempting to block delegation, his answer was, "This is just what Claude Code suggested. It's not perfect!" I'm inclined to agree.
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Certainly laws like HIPAA sometimes require authorization before
sharing, but between colleagues wouldn't typically be a situation
requiring authorization.
It certainly doesn't sound like it is using that kind of justification
to block delegation.