---
id: "anthropic-claude-prompting-best-practices"
title: "Prompting best practices (Claude docs)"
creator: "Anthropic"
url: "https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/claude-prompting-best-practices"
level: "intermediate"
category: "prompting"
models: ["claude"]
source_date: null
date_added: "2026-10-18"
---

[Prompting](/prompting/index.md)

# Prompting best practices (Claude docs)

by Anthropic

[Read the original →](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/claude-prompting-best-practices)

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](/levels/index.md#intermediate)
Models: claude
Category: [Prompting](/prompting/index.md)
Tags: [official-guide](/tags/official-guide/index.md), [model-specific](/tags/model-specific/index.md)
Source date: date not stated
Added: 2026-10-18
Last verified: 2026-10-18
Status: ok

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