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Prompting with Claude Sonnet 5: what you need to know
Since Sonnet 5 arrived, prompting works a little differently. Three things have genuinely changed. Here is what to know before you read the rest of the series.
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Beginner's guide: giving Claude Sonnet 5 good instructions
Never really prompted before? Sonnet 5 follows you more literally than earlier versions, and that actually makes it easier to learn. The anatomy of a good instruction.
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Advanced prompting: getting more out of Sonnet 5
You know the basics. Time for the controls most people leave untouched: effort levels, steering the length, and making the model check its own work.
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Expert prompting with Claude Sonnet 5
The close of the series, for the heaviest users. The approach of the maker of Claude Code, parallel sessions, and the choice between Sonnet 5 and Opus 4.8.
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