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Anthropic's Claude Code documentation says Claude Code's system prompt isn't published.

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Claude Code’s system prompt isn’t published.

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Settings files and precedence - Claude Code Docs
Anthropic

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A Claude Code user reports a server-side instruction making sessions refuse game-related development work 3 Nov 2026

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“Anthropic's Claude Code documentation says Claude Code's system prompt isn't published.” ai notis, checked 3 Nov 2026. Source: Settings files and precedence - Claude Code Docs (Anthropic). https://ainotis.com/c/3499

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ai notis. (2026, November 3). Anthropic's Claude Code documentation says Claude Code's system prompt isn't published [Checked claim 3499]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/3499

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