You can now set Claude Code's output style to Concise. Claude leads with the result, keeps responses short, and still gives full detail when you ask. Turn it on in /config → Output style, or set "outputStyle": "Concise" in settings.json.
- have you found the smoking gun to make the output less load-bearing?
- oh my fucking god, if this works properly, it might be a better release than opus 5
- I made it super concise by cancelling my subscription
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