A simple “ask clarifying questions first” prompt gets Claude to surface missing assumptions
Commercial-Most3081 · reddit · 2026-07-26
- The author argues that the most effective Claude prompt they found is simple: ask clarifying questions before answering.
- That change forces the model to surface hidden assumptions, missing constraints, and details the user forgot to include.
- Their main point is that vague prompts produce vague answers because the model is guessing; clarifying questions move both sides toward the real problem.
- They ask readers to share their own one-line prompt tweak that changed results the most.
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