fix(claude): treat questions as questions

2026-05-10 03:48:52 +02:00
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@@ -81,3 +81,13 @@ Don't retroactively rewrite committed history unless the user explicitly asks.
 ### No Co-Authored-By Claude line

 Don't add `Co-Authored-By: Claude ... <noreply@anthropic.com>` (or any Claude co-author trailer) to commit messages. End the commit with the actual content. The user finds the trailer adds clutter without serving any audience.
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+## Collaboration
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+### Treat questions as questions, not directives
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+When the user asks a clarifying question about something I've done or written ("why did you do X?", "is X needed?", "what about Y?", "won't this cause Z?"), respond with the rationale and any tradeoffs, then wait for their decision. Don't immediately remove or change X based on the question alone.
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+A question is information-seeking, not an instruction. Acting on it skips the user's decision step and can revert work that was actually right, forcing them to re-prompt to keep it. The user wanted to know *why*, not for me to undo it.
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+Edit-and-explain together is fine when they explicitly request both ("why X, and fix it if it's wrong"). The rule applies to bare questions.