API Error: Claude's response exceeded the 32000 output token maximum

Let the agent apply changes with its edit tools rather than emitting the finished file into the conversation, and split generated artifacts across several turns. Both keep any single message well under the ceiling.

1. 01
   Say what you want changed, not what you want printed. 'Update the file in place' routes through Edit and carries only a diff:

   # Instead of
   "Rewrite src/schema.ts and show me the whole file"
   
   # Ask for
   "Update src/schema.ts in place. Don't print the file back; summarise what changed."

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2. 02
   For genuinely large generated artifacts, ask for it in named sections across turns, written straight to disk.
3. 03
   Add a standing rule so you stop rediscovering this:

   ## Output
   - Never print a whole file back into the conversation. Edit it in place and summarise.
   - Generate large fixtures section by section, writing each to disk as you go.

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Fix applies to 2.1.216 – 2.1.220

Does it still happen?

What each release of Claude Code has been reported to do with this issue.