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Re:Show HN: Terse, a Claude Code plugin that halves reply le... by preetam960 on Thursday October 08, 2026 @08:57AM (#50005281)
You said system prompts got forgotten after a couple of turns. How does Terse avoid that? Is the instruction re-added every turn from a UserPromptSubmit hook, or something else?
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Re:Show HN: Terse, a Claude Code plugin that halves reply le... by lowenbjer on Thursday October 08, 2026 @03:40PM (#50010967)
Yes, exactly that, so there's refined writing instructions in the system prompt and a reminder with a compact version of the rules injected every turn from a UserPromptSubmit hook.
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