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Prompting Claude Opus 5.5

207 points · 227 comments · Michelangelo11

  1. skeledrew · · focus · HN ↗
    All that keeps jumping out at me is how they've set it to refuse giving users thinking tokens and prompts for full reasoning in output. Just drives me further away; I may not stop using Claude completely for now, but I'll be moving even more of my primary workload to Chinese providers. That's where openness and freedom is now at.
    1. hannesv · · focus · HN ↗
      What Chinese provider would you use that is on par with Claude code?
      1. arcanemachiner · · focus · HN ↗
        Since Claude Code is a harness that can be made to work with (pretty much?) any model, the answer to the question you have asked is: Claude Code

        Non-pedantic answer: I totally agree with you. Opus 5.5 is totally knocking it out of the park IMO.

      2. xandrius · · focus · HN ↗
        Zoo Code is so much better than CC that to me even using similar models I go for CC for simpler things and ZC for larger work.
        1. chrisweekly · · focus · HN ↗
          First I've heard of "Zoo Code", on HN or anywhere else - and I pay attention. Got links to share, making the case for it?
          1. selectodude · · focus · HN ↗
            It’s a fork of Roo Code due to Roo no longer being developed.
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