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		arbirk 53 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why XML tags are so fundamental to Claude If this is true, the why does Claude Code's own system prompt not use this style? https://github.com/Piebald-AI/claude-code-system-prompts/tre...

its-summertime 52 days ago [–]

https://github.com/Piebald-AI/claude-code-system-prompts/blo... They seem to use XML-esque tags here in the first prompt I looked at

arbirk 51 days ago | [–]

Yes, but that is for a specific JSON format. The instructions are in md

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