BLUF prompt and hook config tame Opus 5's chatty Claude Code output

A Claude Code user shares a fix for Opus 5 verbosity: a BLUF tone section in ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md that kills preamble, recap, and tool-call narration, plus a UserPromptSubmit hook that re-points at it. The tip targets responses that run over a screen of output and bury key info.
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