guides / Setup
Stop Claude from over-explaining
One preference for every chat in the Claude app, plus a skill file for Claude Code. About 5 minutes, and the padding drops.
updated 2026-10-25
In this guide
- What this fixes
- Why the padding happens
- Set the app preference
- Start a new chat
- Make the skill folder
- Create the skill file
- Restart and check
- If it stops working
What this fixes
You ask a short question and get three paragraphs of setup before the answer. Or you get the answer, then warnings you did not ask for.
This guide fixes it in two places: the Claude app and Claude Code. Do both. The app preference does not travel to Claude Code.
About 5 minutes in total.