Highlights from the Claude 4 system prompt

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Highlights from the Claude 4 system prompt

An analysis of the system prompts for Anthropic's Claude 4 models (Opus and Sonnet). The author digs through the recently shared prompts, treating them as an unofficial manual, and highlights interesting aspects related to model personality, safety, style, and undocumented features from leaked tool prompts.

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this was both fun and informative.

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2025

Summary

An analysis of the system prompts for Anthropic's Claude 4 models (Opus and Sonnet). The author digs through the recently shared prompts, treating them as an unofficial manual, and highlights interesting aspects related to model personality, safety, style, and undocumented features from leaked tool prompts.

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