# 1 Word Makes Claude Follow Rules Better (Nails First Drafts)

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Podcast: [Claude AI Genius Podcast w/ Claude Anthropic Expert Brandon Gaille](https://stenobird.com/podcast/claude-ai-genius-with-claude-anthropic-expert-brandon-gaille-454883)
Published: 2026-07-27T23:42:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 713

## Resource

There is one word that Anthropic employees add on to their prompts that most users do not. It makes Claude outputs instantly better while cutting down on the number of edits they have to make. My full collection of growth hacks, playbooks, and meta prompts lives on my Substack at: https://ClaudeGenius.com Here is the link to the companion Substack blog post for this episode: https://tinyurl.com/ep13-Because-Statement

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