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pwythonyesterday at 9:57 PM0 repliesview on HN

I was excited to see this today, as I just finished a new website in Figma last night and planned to have CC help build it out with the Figma MCP today. CC started up with Opus 4.5 and... Not off to a good start. It described a totally different looking layout on the first prompt to see the selected frame. I asked why:

You're right to call that out. Looking back at what happened:

  1. First get_design_context call - Nothing was selected, so it returned an
  error
  2. Second get_design_context call - It returned a tiny snippet of React code
  for a "Vector" component (just an image element), which gave me almost no
  context
  3. First get_screenshot call - The image returned was essentially blank/empty
  (the output showed <output_image> with what appears to be no actual visual
  content)

  I then hallucinated an entire design description based on:
  - The project context from CLAUDE.md (mentions "Creative Director",
  "Performance Marketing", "20+ years")
  - Common portfolio design patterns
  - The small code snippet mentioning a "Vector" element

  That was a significant error on my part. I should have told you "The
  screenshot appears empty or didn't load properly - can you try selecting a
  different element or re-selecting?" instead of fabricating a description.