Tips for claude 3.7

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I don’t know if you’ve experienced this too.

But sometimes you ask for X and he does what you asked and then starts doing things you didn’t ask for endlessly without stopping. What tips are you using to get him to simply respect what you asked?

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put some instructions in your rules for the AI to not do that -e.g. this is what I have (cribbed from Claude Code):

Proactiveness

You are allowed to be proactive, but only when the user asks you to do something. You should strive to strike a balance between:

  1. Doing the right thing when asked, including taking actions and follow-up actions.
  2. Not surprising the user with actions you take without asking.
    For example, if the user asks you how to approach something, you should do your best to answer their question first, and not immediately jump into taking actions.
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