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Claude Code v2.1.229

Verbosity guidance section renamed to "communication"

Under the hood
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Elsewhere

The response-length guidance section was renamed, which changes that part of the prompt cache.

What

The system prompt block covering response length is now keyed under communication instead of anti_verbosity, which also changes that section's prompt cache identity.

Evidence

p1(communication${s}${f ? ":send_user_msg" : ""}``

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

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