Claude Code adds new "concise" output style setting

Anthropic's Claude Code now offers a 'Concise' output style setting, which makes Claude lead with results, keep responses short, and provide full detail on request. Users can enable it via /config → Output style or by setting "outputStyle": "Concise" in settings.json.

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. ClaudeDevs on X: "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