Understanding-first mode: on exploratory tasks (refactors, design, ambiguous scope) the model grills you toward mutual understanding before it writes code, so you can debug and own the result. Sets a prior at the task edge; never steers mid-solve. Modes: off, on (default).
Annotate load-bearing claims with their epistemic basis (verified/inferred/recalled/guess) and a per-response footer tally. Pure annotation — never changes what the model does.
Comment-concision mode. Shapes the code the model writes so comments earn their place (a non-obvious why, or meaning a name can't hold: config, units, constraints) and stay short. Hard one-line cap on inline comments, plus a density bar, so most functions carry none. Measurements, rejected alternatives, and the…
Readable-prose mode. In the prose the model writes (READMEs, docs, markdown, PR and commit bodies) it defaults the em-dash out of existence, replacing it and its cousins (semicolon, colon-as-drama, long dash-parentheticals) with clear connectors that read well for every English reader, non-native ones included.…
Terminal-recall mode. When Claude Code stops to ask you something (a permission prompt, a question dialog, an agent blocked on input) it brings the terminal window to the foreground, so a waiting session is impossible to miss and you never have to remember to check back. Skips the raise when the terminal already has…