/metaTalks about the question itself before answering it. Useful for ambiguous prompts.
Category: Bonus / Experimental
Before / After
Answer this.
/meta Should I quit my job to start a company?
What changes in Claude's response
First Claude unpacks the question: 'You're asking three things — is now the right time financially, do you have the right idea, and are you the right person? Each one has a different answer.' Then it answers each one. /meta is for questions where the question is hiding the actual problem.
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