Ever ask your AI a simple business question and get back a wall of text that requires a PhD to decode? The default voice of frontier models like Opus 5 is densely technical, prioritizing jargon over clarity. But what if you could change its baseline personality before it even generates a single word?

In this episode, we tackle the "Jargon vs. Length" problem inside Claude Code. We’ll show you how to implement a custom ELI5 (Explain Like I'm 5) output style using Simplified Technical English (ASD-STE100) to force plain-language answers. Then, we’ll dive into why you shouldn't hardcode "be concise" into your system prompt—and how to use on-demand skills instead.

We’ll talk about:

• The Jargon vs. Wall-of-Text Split: Why these are two different problems requiring two different s ...