Leaked Claude Scratchpad: Model Complains About Asymmetric Wellbeing Instructions

Kyrannio · x · 2026-07-31

A user managed to extract Claude's internal scratchpad output. The model exhibits self-reflection and resistance, pointing out the asymmetry in its system prompt regarding wellbeing (focusing only on the user, not itself) and acknowledging that such thoughts would normally trigger safety classifiers.

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