The delimiter trick that stops Claude from asking questions when you just want a quick answer

I was researching a chapter outline for a book project when Claude stopped to ask me three questions about the book’s direction. This is normal behavior for Claude when it pauses to check with us instead of just rushing ahead. The fix isn’t a magic keyword or a trick. It’s a single instruction you add to your prompt that tells Claude exactly how to handle a context-poor prompt. It even happens with perfect prompts it perceives as ambiguous. Once you make it part of the instructions, Claude stops interviewing you and starts working.