Ask HN: Why is cursor / Claude Code is so bad at generating readmes?

3 comments

• al_borland 6 hours ago
  My guess would be that it’s because it has the code, not the reasons why the code exists or how it might fit into the bigger picture.
• idontwantthis 6 hours ago
  Is it because you know what you care about in the repo and it doesn’t?
• MattGaiser 8 hours ago
  What do you find to be the issue with them? They are a bit unnaturally written, but seem to be servicable?