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GPT-6 Astra needs leaner prompts and fewer guardrails, OpenAI recommends

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Overly long skill descriptions, blanket reading requirements, and rigid approval rules can get in GPT-6 Astra's way, warns OpenAI's Eric Provencher. More capable models need less hand-holding, so developers should tie instructions to specific tasks and spell out when the job is done. The article GP…

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  1. 2026-09-12 13:10 · The Decoder
    GPT-6 Astra needs leaner prompts and fewer guardrails, OpenAI recommends

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