[FEATURE] Ability to "turn off" default system prompt specific to software engineering after deprecation of output-styles
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Problem Statement
Referring to this paragraph of documentation: https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code/output-styles#output-styles-vs-claude-md-vs-%E2%80%94append-system-prompt
After the deprecation of output styles it is no longer possible reasonably to turn off the default system prompt specific to software engineering in the main agent. The only proposed solution is the use of sub-agents, however I need to use an output style that is going to be for the main agent in such a way that the main agent will not have software engineering related system prompt. This was previously possible with output styles, with the deprecation of this feature, I am forced to have the software engineering system prompt in the main agent always. However, I use claude code for many other purposes that are not software engineering related with the main agent and using a subagent for an ongoing conversation throughout the entire conversation is unwieldy and frankly impossible.
Proposed Solution
Either do not deprecate output styles or enable the option for turning off software engineering related part of the system prompt inside of configuration settings.
Alternative Solutions
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Priority
Critical - Blocking my work
Feature Category
Configuration and settings
Use Case Example
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Additional Context
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