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> Worth stating because four documents now assert I got one too many chunks of this nonsense and told Claude to knock it off, forever. It acknowledged and wrot

> Worth stating because four documents now assert I got one too many chunks of this nonsense and told Claude to knock it off, forever. It acknowledged and wrote out some instructions to its memory about it. And what a breath of fresh air. Its responses are maybe 20% longer but I read them at least twice as fast. Should have done it a long time ago.

niccl 15d ago
any specifics on what you did?
- tkgally 15d ago
  Not the person you're asking, but I did that by explaining to Fable my problem with Opus's gobbledygook and having it write a Claude skill for producing clear explanations in its reports to me. I also had it add notes about the need for clearer writing to CLAUDE.md and other project documentation. Opus's subsequent reports to me have been much clearer.
  - tkgally 15d ago
    Here’s an example of one of those Claude skills, in a public repository I manage: https://github.com/tkgally/je-dict-1/blob/main/.claude/skills/clear-reports/SKILL.md https://github.com/tkgally/je-dict-1/blob/main/.claude/skill... Fable wrote it specifically for this project.
    - troupo 15d ago
      And then both Opus and Fable will happily ignore these random markdown files (happens to me all the time)
gambiting 15d ago
I feel like mine is mocking me. I added an instruction in Claude.md that says "under no circumstances use the phrase found the smoking gun, say I found the problem instead" What does it do? It says "found the smoking gun! Ooops I wasn't meant to say that - I found the problem!"
- qlte 15d ago
  It's pretty wild how "reasoning" models now generate like 10 thousand hidden chain of thought tokens in response to a "increase opacity of the logo by 20%" prompt before writing the actual message and yet they still manage to do this.
  - dotancohen 15d ago
    Why are you using an LLM for "increase opacity of the logo by 20%"? That sounds like the type of straightforward operation a dedicated tool exists for.

niccl 15d ago

any specifics on what you did?

tkgally 15d ago
Not the person you're asking, but I did that by explaining to Fable my problem with Opus's gobbledygook and having it write a Claude skill for producing clear explanations in its reports to me. I also had it add notes about the need for clearer writing to CLAUDE.md and other project documentation. Opus's subsequent reports to me have been much clearer.
- tkgally 15d ago
  Here’s an example of one of those Claude skills, in a public repository I manage: https://github.com/tkgally/je-dict-1/blob/main/.claude/skills/clear-reports/SKILL.md https://github.com/tkgally/je-dict-1/blob/main/.claude/skill... Fable wrote it specifically for this project.
  - troupo 15d ago
    And then both Opus and Fable will happily ignore these random markdown files (happens to me all the time)

gambiting 15d ago

I feel like mine is mocking me. I added an instruction in Claude.md that says "under no circumstances use the phrase found the smoking gun, say I found the problem instead" What does it do? It says "found the smoking gun! Ooops I wasn't meant to say that - I found the problem!"

qlte 15d ago
It's pretty wild how "reasoning" models now generate like 10 thousand hidden chain of thought tokens in response to a "increase opacity of the logo by 20%" prompt before writing the actual message and yet they still manage to do this.
- dotancohen 15d ago
  Why are you using an LLM for "increase opacity of the logo by 20%"? That sounds like the type of straightforward operation a dedicated tool exists for.