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Claude AI's em dash habit breaks PowerShell scripts

Users are reporting that Anthropic's Claude AI is consistently introducing em dashes into code comments, which then causes errors when the code is run in PowerShell. This issue, described as an "em dash addiction," leads to non-ASCII encoding errors and frustration for users who need to manually correct the generated scripts. While users acknowledge that prompt engineering could mitigate the problem, the recurring nature of the issue highlights a persistent quirk in Claude's code generation. AI

IMPACT Highlights a specific, recurring bug in AI code generation that can cause downstream issues for users.

RANK_REASON User-generated complaint about a specific quirk in an AI model's output.

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  1. r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Ok-Breakfast-990 ·

    Claude’s em dash addiction routinely breaks powershell scripts

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>This is more of a vent, I know I can fix this with better prompts. But why Claude? WHY?!</p> <p>Why do you insist on shipping powershell scripts that use em dashes in the comments, when they break them every single time? I swear if I get a non-AS…