Ask for the goal behind the goal: Anthropic engineer's 'Altitude' prompting rule
petesena · x · 2026-10-26
The "Altitude" entry in petesena's thread on Felix Rieseberg's ambition guide: ask for the goal behind the goal. Felix used to ask Claude to fix crashes one at a time; now he asks it to keep his apps crash-free. Example prompt: "This review exists so leadership catches problems early. Design a better way to do that than a quarterly deck." Rule of thumb: if the task comes with meetings, aim higher.
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