[jw1224]

Are you using the API, or just the ChatGPT UI? Do custom instructions/system messages help at all?

Saving resources like this seems okay(ish) for general-purpose ChatGPT, as they'd know there's a human who can interpret the abridged output. But for API-driven requests this would be pretty terrible, and makes it far harder to develop with.

[wouldbecouldbe]

no the UI, where I ask it to "Please write out entire code with skipping parts."

[nomel]

ChatGPT 3 or 4? Try the playground. I’ve had much better luck with system prompts.