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schema_version: "newruntime-agent-readable-v0.1"
type: "raw_signal"
id: "tg-2657"
slug: "gpt-5-6-shorter-prompts"
title: "Newer agent models can reward shorter prompts"
description: "OpenAI's migration guidance emphasizes concise instructions, explicit contracts, and less compensating prose for newer models."
observed_at: "2026-07-10"
why_it_matters: "Prompts accumulated around older failure modes can become noise, so model upgrades should trigger controlled prompt reduction and regression testing."
novelty: "incremental"
verification_level: "source-inspected"
signal_type: "field-report"
evidence_kind: "mixed"
status: "published"
telegram_message_id: 2657
telegram_url: "https://t.me/qwgai/2657"
topics: ["prompt-engineering","model-migration","evals"]
entities: ["OpenAI","GPT-5.6"]
related_patterns: []
source_urls: ["https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/latest-model"]
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# Newer agent models can reward shorter prompts

## Observation

OpenAI's migration guidance emphasizes concise instructions, explicit contracts, and less compensating prose for newer models.

## Why it matters

Prompts accumulated around older failure modes can become noise, so model upgrades should trigger controlled prompt reduction and regression testing.

## Provenance

Normalized from QWG AI Telegram message 2657. The original Russian-language record remains available at https://t.me/qwgai/2657.