Claude Code creator Boris Cherny advises periodic system prompt resets

Boris Cherny suggests deleting CLAUDE.md, skills, and hooks every few months to test model performance. Anthropic reportedly reduced Claude Code's system prompt for Opus 5 by 80%, resulting in improved model intelligence.
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