The most useful prompt is sometimes an interface contract: delimit the answer, pre-fill…
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The most useful prompt is sometimes an interface contract: delimit the answer, pre-fill its opening, then debug the prompt behind it. Claude can wrap a final verdict in XML tags so an application can ignore surrounding output and parse the verdict for analytics or a clear determination. Pre-filled responses can make Claude begin with an expected format, such as an opening square bracket for JSON or an XML itinerary tag. Structured JSON can keep a response JSON-serializable for use in a subsequent call. Extended thinking adds thinking tags and a scratch pad, whose transcript can be analyzed
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