Claude Code creator Boris Cherny advocates conversational prompting for better AI results
Boris Cherny argues that prioritizing intended outcomes over rigid instructions enhances interaction with models like Claude.
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The odds
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Price data
| Time | Chance of yes |
|---|---|
| now | 5% |
| 9 Oct, 12:45 UTC | 5% |
| 9 Oct, 09:34 UTC | 4% |
| 9 Oct, 09:20 UTC | 2% |
| 9 Oct, 05:45 UTC | 4% |
| 9 Oct, 04:46 UTC | 3% |
| 9 Oct, 02:07 UTC | 5% |
| 9 Oct, 00:55 UTC | 3% |
| 8 Oct, 22:42 UTC | 5% |
| 8 Oct, 22:10 UTC | 6% |
| 8 Oct, 19:58 UTC | 8% |
| 8 Oct, 18:54 UTC | 7% |
| 8 Oct, 18:27 UTC | 5% |
| 8 Oct, 16:53 UTC | 12% |
| 8 Oct, 16:01 UTC | 8% |
| 8 Oct, 15:04 UTC | 12% |
| 8 Oct, 14:12 UTC | 10% |
| 8 Oct, 13:59 UTC | 14% |
| 8 Oct, 11:18 UTC | 17% |
| 8 Oct, 06:18 UTC | 18% |
| 8 Oct, 05:23 UTC | 19% |
| 8 Oct, 04:37 UTC | 15% |
| 8 Oct, 04:15 UTC | 20% |
| 8 Oct, 03:55 UTC | 19% |
| 8 Oct, 03:08 UTC | 18% |
| 8 Oct, 02:40 UTC | 16% |
| 8 Oct, 01:22 UTC | 14% |
| 8 Oct, 00:47 UTC | 11% |
| 7 Oct, 23:46 UTC | 14% |
| 7 Oct, 21:37 UTC | 11% |
| 7 Oct, 21:18 UTC | 14% |
| 7 Oct, 20:36 UTC | 13% |
| 7 Oct, 20:22 UTC | 14% |
| 7 Oct, 19:56 UTC | 9% |
| 7 Oct, 17:30 UTC | 12% |
| 7 Oct, 16:35 UTC | 10% |
| 7 Oct, 16:08 UTC | 14% |
| 7 Oct, 15:24 UTC | 9% |
| 7 Oct, 13:33 UTC | 13% |
| 7 Oct, 13:05 UTC | 14% |
| 7 Oct, 11:42 UTC | 13% |
| 7 Oct, 08:40 UTC | 16% |
| 6 Oct, 07:31 UTC | 34% |
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The story so far
3 publishers have covered this in 3 articles since 6 Oct 2026. Hacker News published first, on 6 October at 18:00 UTC; Times of India followed 10h 56m later. The most recent article, from All Content from Business Insider, appeared on 7 October at 16:02 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Hacker News, Times of India, All Content from Business Insider.
One prediction market prices this story:
- Claude — the market puts it at 5%, with $3k traded in the last 24 hours, closing 12 Oct 2026. The market resolves to Yes if Anthropic's large language model ranks as the number one model in the world on October 12, 2026. It resolves to No if Anthropic does not hold this top rank on that specific date. Readers often mistake the linked news story about Claude Code for the resolution criteria, but only the global LLM ranking matters.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published, with the odds on Claude at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.
- Hacker NewsClaude Code’s suggested message feature: I think the real customer is the model34%
- Times of IndiaClaude Code creator Boris Cherny on what not to miss while prompting Claude34%
- All Content from Business InsiderThe creator of Claude Code's prompting advice? Talk to your AI like a coworker9%▼25 points since the previous source
- Current odds5%
Sources
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- Kalshi Claude 5% −3
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- Boris Cherny
- Claude
- Claude Code