[Feature Request] Reduce verbose output and latency for simple commands like SQL execution

Thanks for the feedback. A few things you can do today to get shorter, faster answers:

• Add a line like Be concise. For simple requests, just run the command and report the result. to your CLAUDE.md (see https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory).
• Create a custom output style that sets the tone/format you want (https://code.claude.com/docs/en/output-styles).
• Switch to a faster model for simple tasks with /model (https://code.claude.com/docs/en/model-config) or turn on fast mode (https://code.claude.com/docs/en/fast-mode).

If a specific prompt still takes minutes for something trivial, please share it and we'll take a look.

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Thank you Boris. This was in there, to the extent that when I added the "*be
concise..." it told me "...it's already in there as your section 6*". And
it recommended not doing an output style in my version since that ".*.might
override default behavior.*.".

It's not a crisis, i just added the 'concise' bit to the extant directive,
we'll play it by ear.

Thank you again for your fast response.

-Ross

On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 1:02 PM Boris Cherny @.***>
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