Output-Efficiency Internal-vs-External Prompt Gap
- Entity ID:
ent-20260423-r30a00000001b - Type:
concept - Scope:
private - Status:
active
Description
Cultural gap surfaced by cchistory/Piebald and dbreunig/Harrison analysis: the system-prompt block for Anthropic employees emphasizes 'Output Efficiency' and understandability; the version external users see emphasizes 'IMPORTANT: Go straight to the point' and brevity. HN/Reddit threads argue this directly produced the thinking-depth regression documented in earlier rounds — internal prompts optimize for code quality; paying-user prompts optimize for speed.
Key claims
- Internal Anthropic prompt optimizes for quality; external prompt for brevity
Relations
- Output-Efficiency Internal-vs-External Prompt Gap --[informs]--> Two-Version Output Efficiency Directive