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

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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. It starts with Ah I see what you are trying to do here By refactoring this appro…

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  1. 2026-08-28 03:59 · r/ClaudeAI
    I tried everything to get Claude to stop writing 5-paragraph essays for a 2-line bug fix. What’s your actual fix?

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