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Prompting best practices - Claude Platform Docs
Anthropic, Anthropic, 2026
Read the originalRead on October 17, 2026
- What it is
- Anthropic's official guidance on prompting Claude. The section on being clear and direct tells writers to treat Claude as a capable new employee who lacks context, and to explain what they want precisely.
- How much weight it carries
- The vendor's own documentation, so it is authoritative for how Claude is meant to be prompted, but it is advice, not a measured result. The wording quoted here was read on 2026-10-17 and may change in later revisions of the page.
Facts taken from this source
- Anthropic's official prompting guidance says to think of Claude as a capable new employee who lacks context, and that the more precisely you explain what you want, the better the result.
“Think of Claude as a brilliant but new employee who lacks context on your norms and workflows. The more precisely you explain what you want, the better the result.” (Be clear and direct)