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Claude AI users struggle with verbose responses, seek concise output

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Users of Anthropic's Claude AI are experiencing frustration with its tendency to generate lengthy, essay-like responses even for simple requests. Despite attempts to modify system prompts and instructions, Claude often provides verbose explanations and offers further assistance when users only need a concise correction or a short code snippet. The community is seeking effective prompts or methods to enforce brevity and conciseness in Claude's output. AI

IMPACT Highlights user experience challenges with current LLM verbosity, potentially influencing future model development for conciseness.

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Claude AI users struggle with verbose responses, seek concise output

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  1. r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Physical_Tea9389 ·

    I tried everything to get Claude to stop writing 5-paragraph essays for a 2-line bug fix. What’s your actual fix?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I love Claude, but I'm losing my mind. No matter what I put in my system prompt, updating markdown instruction files, or adding rules, it still gives me a mini-dissertation when I just need a single function corrected.<br /> It starts with Ah I s…

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