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Claude: System Prompts

SteadyVane has taken 38 readings of Claude: System Prompts since Aug 16, 2026: 103 upvotes at the first reading, 759 at the latest (+656). Its biggest one-day gain was +364 on Aug 16, 2026.

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103

first seen upvotes

759

peak upvotes

759

latest upvotes

observations

first seen Aug 16, 2026 · last seen Aug 21, 2026 · published Aug 16, 2026

Day by day

Day (UTC)	upvotes	Change
Aug 21, 2026	759	+1
Aug 20, 2026	758	+1
Aug 19, 2026	757	+4
Aug 18, 2026	753	+15
Aug 17, 2026	738	+271
Aug 16, 2026	467	+364

Each day's last reading. Change: against the day before (after days with no reading: since the last day that has one); the first day shows the change within that day.

Featured on 1 day: August 17, 2026.

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