Stop Claude's Verbose Outputs with Simplified Technical English Prompt

DanielLockyer · x · 2026-08-08

To counter Claude's tendency to become increasingly verbose and unintelligible, developer levelsio found an effective prompting trick: instruct the model in memory to always use ASD-STE100 (Simplified Technical English). This successfully forces the model to stop rambling and communicate clearly and concisely.

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