Why AI Hallucinates Imports (and How to Stop It)
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The mechanics behind phantom packages, version drift, and cross-module confusion, plus concrete prevention strategies for large codebases.
The mechanics behind phantom packages, version drift, and cross-module confusion, plus concrete prevention strategies for large codebases.
When AI takes architectural shortcuts your code still compiles, but breaks in production. Document the decisions AI can't infer from code alone.
Extra instructions don't help. They hurt. Learn to scope AI instruction files so your assistant only sees what matters for the current task.
Your AI assistant used the wrong framework? Here's how to write instruction files (CLAUDE.md, Cursor Rules) that actually prevent that.