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User adds 5th clause to Andrej Karpathy's AI directives for Claude Code

A user on Reddit shared an addition to Andrej Karpathy's four directives for using AI models like Claude Code. The original clauses focused on asking clarifying questions, prioritizing simple solutions, avoiding unrelated code modifications, and explicitly flagging uncertainty. The user added a fifth clause encouraging suggestions for better, long-lasting solutions, which they found improved Claude Code's reasoning and contribution as a pair programmer. AI

IMPACT Suggests methods to improve AI pair programming interactions and reasoning capabilities.

RANK_REASON User-generated modification of existing AI interaction guidelines.

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User adds 5th clause to Andrej Karpathy's AI directives for Claude Code

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  1. r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Osi32 ·

    I added a clause to Andrej Karpathy's 4 CLAUDE.MD clauses for Claude Code. It has been a game changer for me.

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Andrej Karpathy provided a list of 4 clauses for his <a href="http://CLAUDE.MD">CLAUDE.MD</a> file.</p> <ol> <li><strong>Ask, don't assume. If something is unclear, ask before writing a single line. Never make silent assumptions about intent, arc…