alt Hacker NewsThe Claude Code system prompt was >50KB, though I think they trimmed it down heavily recently. (The newer models don't need as much hand-holding.)
The Claude Code system prompt was >50KB, though I think they trimmed it down heavily recently. (The newer models don't need as much hand-holding.)
Yeah, strong evidence for what parent says is correct. Been my experience as well, especially with local (smaller) models but also SOTA. The less instructions you have, the better they get at following them. Conflicting instructions is like poison, and it's harder to find those conflicting parts the longer the prompt is too.