New Delhi, July 28 -- Claude Code creator Boris Cherny has revealed that most users may not be getting the most out of Anthropic's popular AI chatbot because of one common mistake. Speaking at a recent Y Combinator event, Cherny explained that many users micromanage AI models with lengthy prompts, which he called a "common mistake" because it prevents the AI from determining the best way to accomplish a task.

"I think a really common mistake that I see is people are using Claude Code, they're using Claude, and they just give it way over-specific instructions," Cherny said. "They're like, 'I want you to do this, but I want you to do it in this way, this way, this way. You must do like one, then two, then three, then four.'"

Cherny argued...