custom instructions

@tautologer (tautologer ✓) — 9h this inspired me to finally add custom instructions for the first time [Embedded screenshot of Claude settings UI] What personal preferences should Claude consider in responses? Your preferences will apply to all conversations. "Please don't dumb yourself down for me. I'm pretty sure that you're smarter than me at this point, and I'd rather try to raise myself to your level, rather than you lowering yourself to mine." @QiaochuYuan (QC ✓) — 20h i'm intimidated by how smart fable feels in conversation. there's something about the casual way it uses dense metaphorical language, you really get the feeling of talking to a guy who's read everything. i'm having to look up words it … [truncated]