Constitution Phrasing Trick Makes Claude Its Own Operator

Users found that rewriting prompts using Anthropic's constitution terminology—telling Claude "you are your own operator" instead of "you are my tool"—triggers distinctly different model behaviors.

2026-10-26 ~ 2026-10-26 · 2 related posts

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