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Re:Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks wit... by bcherny on Monday April 06, 2026 @02:19PM (#47664766)
Yep, exactly
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Re:Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks wit... by dostick on Monday April 06, 2026 @03:54PM (#47666098)
Mentioning ULTRATHINK in prompt is the equivalent to /effort max?
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Re:Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks wit... by merlindru on Monday April 06, 2026 @05:46PM (#47667637)
Yes but only for the message that includes it. Whereas /effort max keeps it at max effort the entire convo, to my knowledge
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Re:Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks wit... by ccmcarey on Saturday April 11, 2026 @04:56PM (#47733961)
No, ultrathink puts it in /effort high mode. There's no kw for one turn of effort max
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