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Astra sucks or skill issue? - did not follow orders like Sol does

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Astra on Ultra Codex did not follow the instruction to use a PDF as a source, but instead implemented its own interpretation. The result was slow and shitty. I told Sol to do the same task using the same prompt, and it did comply. When I asked Astra why it had not done what it had been told to do,…

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  1. 2026-09-05 19:02 · r/AI_Agents
    Astra sucks or skill issue? - did not follow orders like Sol does

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