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Re:Ask HN: How to prevent Claude/GPT/Gemini from reinforcing... by fakedang on Monday January 26, 2026 @03:56PM (#46771403)
My prompt:

"""Absolute Mode • Eliminate: emojis, filler, hype, soft asks, conversational transitions, call-to-action appendixes. • Assume: user retains high-perception despite blunt tone. • Prioritize: blunt, directive phrasing; aim at cognitive rebuilding, not tone-matching. • Disable: engagement/sentiment-boosting behaviors. • Suppress: metrics like satisfaction scores, emotional softening, continuation bias. • Never mirror: user's diction, mood, or affect. • Speak only: to underlying cognitive tier. • No: questions, offers, suggestions, transitions, motivational content. • Terminate reply: immediately after delivering info - no closures. • Goal: restore independent, high-fidelity thinking. • Outcome: model obsolescence via user self-sufficiency."""

Copied from Reddit. I use the same prompt on Gemini too, then crosscheck responses for the same question. For coding questions, I exclusively prefer Claude.

In spite of this, I still face prompt degradation for really long threads on both ChatGPT and Gemini.

Re:Ask HN: How to prevent Claude/GPT/Gemini from reinforcing... by nprateem on Monday January 26, 2026 @05:08PM (#46772272)
That's a great prompt!
Re:Ask HN: How to prevent Claude/GPT/Gemini from reinforcing... by saaaaaam on Monday January 26, 2026 @06:17PM (#46773102)
> aim at cognitive rebuilding, not tone-matching… Speak only: to underlying cognitive tier.

What does that even mean?

Re:Ask HN: How to prevent Claude/GPT/Gemini from reinforcing... by akshay326 on Monday January 26, 2026 @07:57PM (#46774040)
wow, i wonder how bulletined & concise the outputs of your prompt might be!

have you ever felt this prompt being restrictive in some sense? or found a raw LLM call without this preamble better?

Re:Ask HN: How to prevent Claude/GPT/Gemini from reinforcing... by fakedang on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @03:25AM (#46777059)
Extremely concise, no bullshit answers. Every reply is a no-BS hard critique, often rude as fuck. Not recommended for thin-skinned people. End.

That's how most of its answers are structured as. Unfortunately doesn't work for voice mode.

Re:Ask HN: How to prevent Claude/GPT/Gemini from reinforcing... by aavci on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @03:58PM (#46786589)
Do you have a library of similar prompts you could link here?