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Output Styles aren't being injected into the system prompt (another degradation cause)

Reddit · Fragrant-Street-4639 · April 13, 2026
Found another cause of Claude Code degradation (and no, it's not an Opus 4.6 nerf this time either). Output Styles aren't being injected into the system prompt! It's sneaky because Claude Code does recognize the file (shows the name in the statusline, appears

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