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Vibe codingMediumvc-g059
Subject Ai iteration recoveryLevel Mid–Senior~15 minCommon in Algorithms & data structures interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

You're asking an agent to use a third-party SDK you're unfamiliar with. Twice it has called methods that don't exist on the client (it's confidently inventing a plausible-sounding API), and twice it 'fixed' the error by inventing a different nonexistent method. How do you diagnose what's happening and re-steer it so the next attempt is grounded in the real API?

What a strong answer looks like

Treat the AI’s output as a draft to verify, not an answer to trust. Name the specific flaw and the input that triggers it, say how you’d catch it — tests, edge cases, reading critically — and how you’d re-prompt or decompose to get it right.

Describe your solution

Vibe coding: describe the solution in plain language (or narrate it) and the coach grades your approach. Generating runnable code from your description is coming next.

Run or narrate your approach, then ask the coach.