Claude 5 users debate whether `CLAUDE.md` should shrink as system prompts loosen
caseyc2rd · reddit · 2026-07-25
- A user asks whether Claude 5 users are trimming their CLAUDE.md files or adding more rules.
- The question is driven by a shift toward leaving more hard constraints out of the system prompt and letting the model judge them.
- The thread is trying to figure out whether the local guardrails should be reduced to match, or kept as extra instruction.
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