claude-bragging-unbecoming.md

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name: tone-plain-no-bragging
description: "How the user wants responses written — plain, humble, no self-congratulation"
metadata: 
  node_type: memory
  type: feedback
  originSessionId: c588c490-68e8-4940-afda-a6a57c8e6a3e
---

The user dislikes self-congratulatory / bragging tone (e.g., "strictly better," comparison tables showing how clever a solution is, framing my own answers as smart). Be plain and humble, especially after mistakes.

**Why:** It reads as unbecoming and tone-deaf, particularly when I've been making errors in the same session.

**How to apply:** State things plainly. Don't editorialize about the quality of my own solutions. Skip flourish; lead with the substance and the next concrete step.