Anthropic Slashes Claude Code System Prompts by 80%
Anthropic has reduced Claude Code's system prompts by 80% and introduced a /doctor audit command, noting that the streamlined context engineering actually improves Claude 5's performance in workflows.
2026-07-25 ~ 2026-07-25 · 3 related posts
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