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The new rules of context engineering for Claude 5 generation models

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The new rules of context engineering for Claude 5 generation models | Claude by Anthropic
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Anthropic removed over 80% of Claude Code's system prompt for Claude Opus 5 and Fable 5 models without degrading coding evaluation performance, shifting from rigid rules to letting the model use judgment. The key insight is that overconstraining with conflicting directives (e.g., 'leave documentation' vs. 'DO NOT add comments') forces unnecessary cognitive overhead, while newer models can safely interpret user intent from surrounding context. Best practices are now codified in the `claude doctor` command, which rightsizes skills and CLAUDE.md files.

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