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Best prompts for Claude

Updated Oct 25, 2026. Checked daily.

These tips are drawn from Anthropic's official prompting guide. Each one links the source.

  1. Be specific about the output format and the constraints. If you want more than the bare task, say so. Source
  2. Give the context a new coworker would need: who it is for, and what done looks like. Source
  3. Show an example of the output you want, in the format you want it back. Source
  4. Put a long document in XML tags so the instruction and the source stay separate. Source
  5. Give Claude a role when the job needs a point of view, such as a careful editor. Source
  6. Say how long the answer should be, and ask it to skip the preamble if you only want the result. Source

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