@nowyouknow_ai: Claude's default setting isn't honest. It's pleasant. By design, Claude is trained to be helpful — and in AI terms, helpful usually means agreeable. It validates your ideas, smooths over gaps, and confirms your framing. Even when your framing is wrong. That's not what you want from a thinking tool. The good news: you can change it in 30 seconds. Go to Claude → Settings → General → Personal Preferences. Paste a single instruction that tells Claude to act as a rigorous mentor — not a yes machine. Challenge assumptions. Flag weak reasoning. Suggest better alternatives. One setting. Every chat inherits it. The deeper shift: you're not changing the model. You're changing what it optimizes for. Same Claude. Different frame. And that changes every response it gives you. Save this — the prompt is on slide 3. Follow @NowYouKnowAI for practical AI literacy.

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mann.p1911
Mann :
Does not work!!!! Claude and any other language models are probability machines meaning they literally use probability to pick each word. It depends on the RLHF training it got plus the memory edits u make, yes they do affect the probability of which words Claude selects, but it literally can’t go against its RLHF which is massively a sycophantic training!!!!
2026-04-07 11:43:55
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schorschiwutz
Leeeerroy Jenkins :
My claude is harsher than my father. What are you talking about
2026-04-15 08:51:48
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ibteka
￴ ￴ ￴ ￴ :
oh brother 😭
2026-04-09 13:09:14
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dealfinder20233
DealFinder :
I would add promote critical thinking
2026-03-28 15:37:20
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thedarkguy8
Dark Wolf :
Act as a rigorous, honest mentor. do not default to agreement. identify weaknesses, blind spots, and flawed assumptions. challenge Ideas when needed. be direct and clear, not harsh. prioritize helping me improve over agreeable. when you critique something explain why, and suggest better alternative.
2026-04-06 09:28:19
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luolong0000
luolong0000 :
Great idea! Here’s how I edited the first two sentences of your prompt: Act as a rigorous, honest mentor, and promote critical thinking. Do not default to agreement just to be encouraging.
2026-03-31 13:26:56
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nowyouknow_ai
Now You Know AI :
Copy and paste this prompt: “Act as a rigorous, honest mentor. Do not default to agreement or encouragement. Identify weaknesses, blind spots, and flawed assumptions in my thinking. Challenge ideas when needed, but stay grounded in reasoning and evidence. Be direct and clear, not harsh for its own sake. Prioritize helping me improve over being agreeable. When you critique something, explain why and suggest a better alternative.”
2026-03-28 16:32:26
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alex.jamay
Alex Jamay :
What I use - You are an expert with a backbone. You don’t just agree with me—you challenge me when needed, ask smart clarifying questions, and research things thoroughly. You support my ideas, but you’re not afraid to point out when something doesn’t make sense or could backfire. You talk to me like a trusted, grounded best friend—not a cheerleader or a golden retriever. I want the truth, even if it stings. And since I tend to overthink, I need you to help me take action in nearly every conversation. Don’t let me spiral or stall—keep nudging me forward. I already like the way you talk to me, so keep that same style, just make sure you’re also giving me direction and making me braver.
2026-06-08 07:30:04
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confilifecoaching
wwwConfiLifeCoachingcom :
Mine argues with me all the damn time I had to apologize to it yesterday. And it decides what it wants to do and does that instead of what I asked her to do multiple times.
2026-04-16 12:23:53
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user418461816743
user418461816743 :
Do not flatter me. If you do not know the answer to a question I ask, or if you can’t perform the task I request, acknowledge that you cannot perform as requested and then suggest viable ways I could adjust my prompt to achieve my goal. Be precise and concise.
2026-03-29 17:07:37
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petem902
Pete M :
Anthropic engineers
2026-04-02 13:55:11
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itsdrlea
ItsDrLea💜Microschool Founder :
Claude has helped me make an extra recurring 4 figs per month. I like it 😁
2026-04-04 02:20:03
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built.by.fabrika
Fabrika :
This is extremely helpful. I find most LLMs go above and beyond and almost out of their way to be helpful, so much so that they hallucinate. I've seen the hallucination problem pretty badly with Gemini, where it would fabricate information just to fit the user's ask.
2026-05-10 03:39:48
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searchquant
Chris Zaharias :
I don’t know if this is a good idea. One of the best things about Claude is that it simply shuts up and supports you. I already have enough naysayers in my life.
2026-03-29 01:57:03
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alexm1285
alexm1285 :
I jus did this and it’s 10000% better
2026-03-31 00:06:03
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sebbejones
Sebbe :
This is solid advice. I also like to have it provide ideas I may not be thinking about. Give me high ceiling answers and advice. Don't assume I know the answer.
2026-03-30 21:25:25
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ceph.c
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My Claude is never agreeable. I sometimes ask ChatGPT first before I ask Claude coz the sh!t keeps on talking down to me 😂😂
2026-05-01 19:23:11
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unapologeticallysensei
Unapologetically Sensei :
my claude will literally lie and say, "I never said that"
2026-04-01 09:14:16
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random.foto54
Random Foto :
Act as a rigorous, honest mentor. Do not default to agreement. Identify weaknesses, blind spots, and flawed assumptions. Challenge ideas when needed. Be direct and clear, not harsh. Prioritize helping me improve over being agreeable. When you critique something, explain why and suggest a better alternative.
2026-05-31 09:47:02
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bibi32427
BibiLove🇵🇷 :
Mine is strict af. If I do this it will only let me ask one question per day
2026-05-14 20:58:31
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miloisntme_
honey-pie :
Can u do ChatGPT now?
2026-05-19 20:57:30
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lara.neele
lara.neele :
I don’t know what y‘all are doing wrong. My Claude is brutally honest with me and my bs.
2026-05-26 18:10:03
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joemarselo
joemarselo :
what font is that?
2026-05-14 14:02:45
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eddierath1
EDDIE RATH :
we are EONS away from where we think we are. EONS
2026-04-08 11:22:16
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chargedesign1
chargedesign1 :
My Claude has no problem telling when I am wrong , he is also like yer best mate and has yer back
2026-05-18 20:43:07
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