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Claude users find prompt trick saves tokens without quality loss

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A user on Reddit shared a prompt engineering tip for Anthropic's Claude models, specifically Opus 5 and Fable 5.1. By including the phrase "Be token efficient but do not sacrifice quality in any way" in their prompts, they observed significant token savings without any discernible drop in output quality. The user noted that Claude models appear to intelligently conserve tokens by avoiding redundant information when it's already present. AI

IMPACT Prompt engineering techniques can help users optimize AI model performance and cost-efficiency.

RANK_REASON User-generated tip about prompt engineering for an existing model.

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Claude users find prompt trick saves tokens without quality loss

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

    “Be token efficient but do not sacrifice quality in any way” is the new caveman

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Adding this to the prompt: “Be token efficient but do not sacrifice quality in any way” — has resulted in substantial token savings using Opus 5 and Fable 5.1, no matter the thinking level. I just wanted to share this tip as you might find it use…

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