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by dwaltrip 539 days ago
Interesting... It took me 3 different attempts, but I found a set of custom instructions that allowed Claude to get the right answer on the initial prompt. Here's the instructions (I tried to keep them as general and non-specific as I could):

Carefully analyze questions to not overlook subtle details. Take each question "as-is", don't guess what they mean -- interpret them as any reasonable person would.