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11541154Select an [output style](/docs/en/output-styles) by name. An output style is a saved set of instructions that Claude Code adds to the system prompt to change Claude's role, tone, and output format, such as the built-in Explanatory and Learning styles or one you wrote yourself.
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1156Claude Code builds the style into the system prompt once per conversation. An edit to this key takes effect after you run `/clear` or start a new session.
1156If you change this key during a session, Claude uses the new style starting with your next message. That message rebuilds the [prompt cache](/docs/en/prompt-caching#changing-output-style) once, because the style is part of the system prompt. Before v2.1.251, the edit applied only after you ran `/clear` or started a new session.
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11581158* **Scope**: [`Any file`](#scopes)
11591159* **Type**: string, the name of a [built-in](/docs/en/output-styles#built-in-output-styles) or [custom](/docs/en/output-styles#create-a-custom-output-style) output style
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32913291This example adds two verbs to the built-in set:
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3293```json settings.json theme={null}
3294{
3295 "spinnerVerbs": {
3296 "mode": "append",
3297 "verbs": ["Pondering", "Crafting"]
3298 }
3299}
3300```
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3302In `"replace"` mode with an empty `verbs` array, Claude Code kee
3293```json settings.j