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Boris Cherny explains how he prompts Claude with goals, effort, and verification
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Boris Cherny recommends talking to Claude the way you would a coworker. For most tasks, he says there is no need for overly scaffolded or prescriptive prompts; give Claude a goal, and it will figure it out. He says prompts mattered a lot in the Sonnet 3.5 days. Now, he emphasizes communicating what you want it to do, how much effort it should spend, and how it should verify that it did the right thing.
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