# Bad Influence story: Anthropic adds mid-conversation effort adjustment to Claude API in beta

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-11 21:23. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/53f51b8f-ec46-4e3b-97f2-d061724725a3

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Latest update (11-11 21:23): Anthropic adds in-conversation effort adjustment to Claude API

Overview: Anthropic has added a beta feature to the Claude API that lets developers change the effort setting partway through a conversation, according to IThome. Developers set the target level through a new output_config.effort parameter by inserting an empty system message. The change does not alter top-level configuration or prompt caching, and it applies from the next user message with new input without changing content already generated.

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1. 11-11 21:23 · IThome · AI · [Anthropic adds in-conversation effort adjustment to Claude API](https://badinfluence.news/items/ifnfltlcesipt4wfmtk2ofcm1)
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