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Where should the role description live in a prompt?

ARight after the task description, as a postscript
BOnly inside the user message, never the system
CBefore the task, as the first thing Claude reads
DIt does not matter where it lands in the prompt
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Before the task, as the first thing Claude reads
Claude reads top-down placing the role first primes the response style for everything that follows.
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