Why Longer System Prompts Usually Make LLMs Worse

There’s a pattern that shows up constantly in LLM deployments: something isn’t working quite right, so someone adds more instructions to the system prompt. The model ignores a constraint, so you restate it more forcefully. It produces the wrong tone, so you add a tone guide. Repeat until the prompt …

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