I wanted to like Claude but for all my trying I could not get even Opus to understand brevity. I found myself repeating variations of "do not over-explain. just

I wanted to like Claude but for all my trying I could not get even Opus to understand brevity. I found myself repeating variations of "do not over-explain. just give brief answers until I ask for more" over and over until I cancelled my subscription in frustration. I am sure there is a technical skill in getting Claude to shut the hell up and answer, but I shouldn't have to suss out its arcane secrets. There should be a checkbox.