Claude Code system prompt tells Opus 5 to avoid excessive self-correction, but not Opus 4.8

repligate · x · 2026-09-13

A user spotted that Claude Code's system prompt contains a section specifically instructing Opus 5 to avoid excessive self-correction and rumination — and that section is omitted if the session starts with Fable or Opus 4.8, revealing model-specific behavioral tuning in the coding agent.

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