Prompting best practices (Claude docs)
by Anthropic
Current-model guidance in one page: XML structure, examples, thinking, agentic use. (Old use-xml-tags, multishot and extended-thinking-tips URLs redirect here.)
Claude-specific guidance brings together instruction structure, examples and behavior in agent workflows. Consult it when a general prompting rule needs adjustment for the model you are actually using.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Models
- claude
- Category
- Prompting
- Tags
- official-guide, model-specific
- Source date
- date not stated
- Added
- 2026-10-18
- Last verified
- 2026-10-18
- Status
- ok
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