Claude Code Concise Output Style

A setting that makes Claude Code lead with the answer and keep responses short, for Claude Code users.

Claude leads with the result and keeps responses short, and still gives full detail when you ask for it
Turn it on in /config under Output style, or set "outputStyle": "Concise" in settings.json
Ships in Claude Code 2.1.238, which also fixed custom, project, and plugin output styles drifting back to the default voice mid-session

Cutting the explanation Claude Code wraps around a result when you already know what you asked for.

You read the terminal all day and the preamble costs more time than it saves.

Anyone running Claude Code often enough that response length becomes friction.

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Anthropicfeature

August 20, 2026·Source

A setting that makes Claude Code lead with the answer and keep responses short, for Claude Code users.

Claude leads with the result and keeps responses short, and still gives full detail when you ask for it
Turn it on in /config under Output style, or set "outputStyle": "Concise" in settings.json
Ships in Claude Code 2.1.238, which also fixed custom, project, and plugin output styles drifting back to the default voice mid-session

Cutting the explanation Claude Code wraps around a result when you already know what you asked for.

You read the terminal all day and the preamble costs more time than it saves.

Anyone running Claude Code often enough that response length becomes friction.

Pick a topic and leave with something you created.

Get new module drops and weekly AI strategy.