# 1. The Kickoff Brief

Fable 5 makes hundreds of small decisions during a long job. If it does not know who the work is for, it guesses.

**When to use:** Start every meaningful task with this, and attach the files that matter before you hit send: plans, drafts, price lists, contracts, meeting notes. Context is king, and Fable 5 can only work with what it can see.

## The prompt

```
I'm working on [the larger task] for [who it's for]. They need [what the output enables]. With that in mind: [request].
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## What that looks like filled in

```
I'm working on a price review for my joinery business. It's for me and my ops manager. We need to see exactly where our margin has slipped so we can reset our rates before we quote the spring season. With that in mind: go through the three supplier price lists and last year's quotes in this project, compare them against our current rate card, and give me the 15 products where margin has slipped the most, with a recommended new rate and one line of reasoning for each.
```

**Why it works:** Fable 5 checks every small decision against the goal you give it, so one line of context beats three paragraphs of instructions.

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Adapted from Anthropic's official Claude Fable 5 prompting guide.
Full guide with all 12 prompts: https://www.waboom.ai/resources/claude-fable-5