Changes in the system prompt between Claude Opus 4.6 and 4.7
6 hours ago
- #Claude Updates
- #AI Development
- #System Prompts
- Anthropic updated the system prompt between Claude Opus 4.6 and 4.7, including renaming the 'developer platform' to 'Claude Platform' and adding new tools like Claude in PowerPoint.
- Enhanced child safety instructions now require extreme caution after any refusal related to child safety, and the model should respect users' requests to end conversations without persuasion.
- Claude 4.7 encourages acting over clarifying by using tools to resolve ambiguities and avoiding interviews for minor unspecified details, with a focus on completing tasks thoroughly.
- A new tool_search mechanism ensures Claude checks for available tools before claiming lack of access, and responses should be concise to avoid overwhelming users.
- The update removes some old guidelines (e.g., avoiding emotes), adds sections on disordered eating, guards against simplistic answers to complex issues, and updates political knowledge due to a new cut-off date.
- The list of available tools in Claude remains unchanged from 4.6, including tools like web_search, conversation_search, and image_search, as confirmed by querying the model directly.