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This kind of works for me, GPT 5.2:

Base style & tone - Efficient

Characteristics - Defaults (they must've appeared recently, haven't played with them)

Custom instructions: "Be as brief and direct as possible. No warmth, no conversational tone. Use the least amount of words, don't explain unless asked.'

I basically tried to emulate the... old... "robot" tone, this works almost too well sometimes.



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