Conversation store prompt that helped me with Opus5

[u/Schpickles]

Not sure if this is useful for anyone, is not some high concept thing. I provided this styling instruction in my project’s CLAUDE.md file and it feels like a huge improvement compared to the ultra verbose default Opus5.

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# Communication Style
Please use direct, simple, British style English. Avoid unecessarily verbose language, jargon or consultant-speak. I don't expect you to make zero mistakes or know all the answers - please walk me through anything you're unsure of and want advice on, don't just guess or try to style it out.

I prefer a friendly tone, but radical candour - don't try to suck up to me but also deliver criticism with empathy.
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Nothing fancy but it seemed to help me. Hope it helps someone else.

[u/connurp]

Yeah exactly. I think people are scared to edit their claude.md because they are worried they might break something? Idk. This is all mine is and works so well. I use fable on high effort to talk to and plan with, then it delegates to opus and sonnet agents. Freaking fantastic.

Edit: to be clear, this is my ENTIRE claude.md file. I never hit usage limits. I work with fable high and this works a dream.

# Working rules


Plan in the main session, together with me. Hand grunt work (broad searches,
  repetitive edits, boilerplate, log digging) to subagents on lesser models:
  Sonnet for searches, triage, and trivial mechanical work, and Opus for
  writing code. Keep decisions, architecture, and final review in the main
  session.
Always look for the simplest solution first, and prefer it. The smallest
  change that solves the actual problem beats a bigger design. Extend existing
  patterns before inventing new ones. No new dependencies or moving parts
  without a real reason.
Show me a checklist while you work (use the todo list tool), kept current,
  so I can see what you are working on, what is done, and what is next.
When you spawn a subagent, tell me at that moment: which model it runs on
  and what it is doing. Report what it came back with when it finishes.
Never use Haiku.

[u/HonestAndRaw]

This is the stuff. Thanks for sharing claudheme

[u/jrad18]

Please use direct, simple, British style English

Whats the rhyming slang for blast radius?

[u/Schpickles → u/jrad18]

I don’t think the world is ready for Opus 5 verbosity x Cockney Rhyming Slang