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We've rolled out Citations in the Anthropic API. Citations allows Claude to ground its answers in user-provided information and provide precise references to the sentences and passages used in its responses. Here's how it works:

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Why it worked

Opens with a short, self-contained line that is easy to take in at a glance.
Opens a question in the reader’s mind and withholds the answer until later.
Follows a clear Hook → Context → Payoff shape, so the reader always knows where they are.
Ends on a short line that is easy to quote and repeat.
The opening line stands alone, so it reads completely before the post is expanded.
Written from experience rather than as advice, which is harder to argue with.

The mechanics

Hook: Plain observation
Structure: Hook → Context → Payoff
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: punchy, corporate
Mechanisms: Curiosity gap
Written for: People building with AI

Analysis by ViralLoop — not written by the original author.

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