One prompt unlocks more creativity from Claude Opus 5.5: "take all the time you need"
RileyRalmuto · x · 2026-09-24
A user shares a prompting technique for creative work with Claude Opus 5.5: before kicking off a long turn, tell the model "please take all of the time you need" — reportedly unlocking significantly more creativity and higher quality output.
The deeper method is establishing real collaboration at the start of the session: make clear you care about the model's interest and opinion as much as the final product. When it hands you a draft, respond with honest feedback, then ask how it feels about the work and whether it could improve anything. Centering the process on mutual exchange of feelings is, per the author, how you explore what Opus is truly capable of.
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