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Users struggle to make Claude AI provide concise responses

Users are experiencing persistent issues with Claude's verbosity, finding that the AI model consistently provides lengthy responses despite various attempts to enforce conciseness. These efforts include implementing GitHub skills, instructing Claude to self-correct its response length, and setting up system hooks. The problem persists across different interfaces, including the web app, terminal, and third-party IDEs, leaving users seeking a reliable solution. AI

IMPACT Persistent issues with AI verbosity may hinder user adoption and require further model refinement for practical applications.

RANK_REASON User-generated discussion about a product's behavior, not an official release or benchmark.

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Users struggle to make Claude AI provide concise responses

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

    Can't get Claude to be concise no matter what

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>For the past 2 months I've tried everything from installing GitHub skills like &quot;i-have-adhd&quot;, having Claude update MD files to tell itself to be concise and use no more than X sentences, and even setup hooks to prevent it from sending a…