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title: "Improve Claude Code prompts with a simple phrase"
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[Ian Nuttall](https://ian.is/)

# Improve Claude Code prompts with a simple phrase

June 5, 2025

Adding this to the end of your prompts in Cursor/Claude Code is pretty effective at getting the model to think for itself when you push back or suggest something:

"Don't just agree if you think your approach is better"

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