# Feeling like you're stuck fixing an error with the Agent? **URL:** \ **Category:** Tips & Tricks\ **Created:** [January 27, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/feeling-like-youre-stuck-fixing-an-error-with-the-agent/1493 "2025-01-27T03:05:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![igwegbechibuik1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/replit.discourse.group/igwegbechibuik1/32/425_2.png) [@igwegbechibuik1](https://replit.discourse.group/u/igwegbechibuik1)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/feeling-like-youre-stuck-fixing-an-error-with-the-agent/1493/1 "2025-01-27T03:05:39Z")
Here’s a trick or a tip that I found out can help in most cases, mostly at the early stage of the problem but can also work otherwise as well but you’re most likely to get a higher success rate using this at the initial phase of an issue. Sometimes you tend to notice an error and you try prompting the agent to fix it, the agent might fix something but maybe not what you We’re trying to fix And you might find out continuous prompting to fix the issue might get the agent stuck in a loop What I found helpful was When you discover an error you wish to fix Explain what’s wrong+happening to the assistant and assistant will give you details on what’s wrong(it’s going to suggest changes, don’t apply them, you are likely to get the agent confused when it to do with major code changes) What you now have to do is copy the report and and paste it to the agent Now the agent specifically knows where to look at and fix the error (this is a more targeted approach I think) Hopefully this made more sense than it sounding alright in my head This worked for me and hopefully it does for you Happy coding 😁 ---
**Author:** ![heysamir](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/replit.discourse.group/heysamir/32/255_2.png) [@heysamir](https://replit.discourse.group/u/heysamir)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/feeling-like-youre-stuck-fixing-an-error-with-the-agent/1493/2 "2025-02-01T12:02:31Z")
Great call! It also seems like there’s been an update of some kind (or maybe my Agent just coded this) where when I get an error or the page doesn’t load, there is an explicit error log which I then feed back to Agent and it’s able to respond much more quickly. It’s now taking ~10-15 min of debugging what previously was taking hours of back-and-forth previously ---
**Author:** ![AdjeeLaa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/replit.discourse.group/adjeelaa/32/692_2.png) [@AdjeeLaa](https://replit.discourse.group/u/AdjeeLaa)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/feeling-like-youre-stuck-fixing-an-error-with-the-agent/1493/3 "2025-02-01T16:36:58Z")
Thanks for the insights. I am stuck for this past week implementing stripe payment. Well, I will try your new approach and see. This feed showed up at my notifications as someone is looking over my shoulder. What a coincidence. I love you all a Replit, keep it up🎉 ---
**Author:** ![whereisthestart](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/replit.discourse.group/whereisthestart/32/3866_2.png) [@whereisthestart](https://replit.discourse.group/u/whereisthestart)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/feeling-like-youre-stuck-fixing-an-error-with-the-agent/1493/4 "2025-02-01T19:01:30Z")
I only discovered this yesterday, but you are 100% right. Assistant is better at the nuanced bit and can help Agent out of a loop when it gets stuck. ---
**Author:** ![cdaniel09](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/replit.discourse.group/cdaniel09/32/563_2.png) [@cdaniel09](https://replit.discourse.group/u/cdaniel09)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/feeling-like-youre-stuck-fixing-an-error-with-the-agent/1493/5 "2025-02-02T16:16:07Z")
Mine got stuck with a push command, giving an outdated command, I got the correct syntax and pointed that out, and after a couple tries it finally learned the right way ---
**Author:** ![igwegbechibuik1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/replit.discourse.group/igwegbechibuik1/32/425_2.png) [@igwegbechibuik1](https://replit.discourse.group/u/igwegbechibuik1)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/feeling-like-youre-stuck-fixing-an-error-with-the-agent/1493/6 "2025-02-08T10:04:29Z")
Hi, Hope You’ve successfully implemented your stripe payment ---
**Author:** ![karl44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@karl44](https://replit.discourse.group/u/karl44)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/feeling-like-youre-stuck-fixing-an-error-with-the-agent/1493/7 "2025-02-13T13:20:57Z")
I’d like to note that sometimes I use an extra layer and it seems to work well. Example, I’ll go to X.ai, explain what I’m trying to do, have it make a prompt, then show it to Assistant to refine it further, then if I’m not sure I’ll go back to X to double check, then I’ll feed the prompt to Agent when I feel like it’s ready. Would be good to be able to load context into a custom GPT to save time but I think Sam Altman is too evil so I don’t like to pay for ChatGPT lol. Then again I pay for Office so maybe I should stop being stubborn. Stupid inconsistent meat brain!!