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Claude Sonnet 5.5 Prompt Generator

20 free Claude Sonnet 5.5 prompts, labelled by effort level from low to max. Agentic coding, screenshot-to-code, visual QA, debugging and research. Copy into Claude or the API. No signup.

30%+ Faster Than Sonnet 5 $2 / $10 per M Tokens 1M Token Context 5 Effort Levels Free Plan Access

What Is the Claude Sonnet 5.5 Prompt Generator?

This Claude Sonnet 5.5 prompt generator gives you 20 copy-paste prompts written for Claude Sonnet 5.5, the model Anthropic released on September 28, 2026. It replaces Claude Sonnet 5 at the same $2 / $10 per million token price, runs more than 30% faster, and in Anthropic's testing costs up to 30% less per task because it finishes work with fewer tokens and tool calls.

Sonnet 5.5 is especially strong at agentic coding: it scored 70.6% on Terminal-Bench 4.0, ahead of Claude Opus 5.5 at 66.4%. It also reads screenshots well. It is the first Sonnet model to finish Pokémon Red working only from screenshots, which is why several prompts below use images. Each prompt is labelled with the effort level it is written for, so you get the speed of low effort on simple tasks and the extra checking of xhigh or max on hard ones.

Which Effort Level to Use

Effort sets how much Sonnet 5.5 thinks and checks its own work. Higher effort is slower and uses more tokens.

Low

Quick replies, summaries, one-off queries. Fastest and cheapest.

Medium

Everyday writing, reviews and analysis. The default in the Claude apps.

High

Debugging, screenshot-to-code, visual QA. The default on the Claude Platform (API).

xHigh

Multi-step coding and research tasks that need checking their own work.

Max

Long-horizon agent tasks, security and performance investigations.

20 Free Claude Sonnet 5.5 Prompts — Copy & Paste

Ordered from low to max effort. Replace the [bracketed] parts with your own details.

Productivity low effort

Inbox Triage in One Pass

Triage these emails. For each one, give me: a one-line summary, the action I need to take (reply / delegate / archive / schedule), and a draft reply under 60 words if a reply is needed. Put anything with a deadline in the next 48 hours at the top. [Paste emails]

Coding low effort

Commit Message + PR Description

Write a commit message and a pull request description for this diff. Commit message: imperative mood, subject line under 60 characters, then a short body explaining why the change was made. PR description: Summary (2–3 bullets), How to test (numbered steps), Risks (anything a reviewer should look at closely). [Paste git diff]

Productivity low effort

Meeting Notes to Action Items

Turn these meeting notes into a table with columns: Action, Owner, Due date, Status. If an owner or date was not stated, write "unassigned" or "no date" instead of guessing. Below the table, list any decision that was made and any question left open. [Paste notes or transcript]

Coding low effort

SQL Query From Plain English

Write a [PostgreSQL / MySQL / BigQuery] query for this request: [describe what you want, e.g. 'monthly active users for the last 6 months, split by plan']. Schema: [Paste table definitions] Return only the query, then one sentence explaining any assumption you made about the data.

Coding medium effort

Pull Request Code Review

Review this pull request like a senior engineer on my team. Sort findings into: Bugs (will break something), Risks (could break under some condition), and Suggestions (optional). For each finding give the file and line, what is wrong, and the smallest fix. Do not comment on formatting a linter would catch. Context: [what the PR is supposed to do] [Paste diff]

Writing medium effort

Blog Post From Rough Notes

Turn my rough notes into a 1,200-word blog post for [audience]. Keep my opinions and examples; cut repetition. Structure: a hook that states the problem in the first two sentences, 4 sections with descriptive H2s, and a short conclusion with one concrete next step. Write in plain, direct English with no filler phrases. [Paste notes]

Data medium effort

Spreadsheet Analysis

Analyse this data and answer: [your question, e.g. 'which product lines are growing and which are shrinking?']. Give me: the answer in 3 sentences, the 3 numbers that support it, one chart I should build (type, x-axis, y-axis), and any data quality problem that could change the answer. [Paste CSV or table]

Business medium effort

Support Reply Library

Write 8 customer support reply templates for [your product] covering: refund request, bug report, feature request, billing error, cancellation, login problem, slow response complaint, and a thank-you. Each template: under 100 words, warm but brief, with [placeholders] for names and details, and one line telling the agent when not to use it.

Coding high effort

Debug From a Stack Trace

Find the cause of this error. Error and stack trace: ``` [Paste] ``` Relevant code: ``` [Paste] ``` What I expected: [expected behavior] What I tried: [attempts so far] Give me: the most likely cause and the evidence for it, the fix as a code change, and a test that would have caught it. If two causes are equally likely, tell me how to tell them apart.

Coding high effort

Screenshot to Working UI

Rebuild the interface in this screenshot as a [React + Tailwind / plain HTML + CSS] component. Match the layout, spacing and hierarchy closely; use semantic HTML and accessible labels. Replace real text with the same text, and images with neutral placeholders. After the code, list anything in the screenshot you could not read clearly and what you assumed instead. [Attach screenshot]

Visual high effort

Visual QA Against a Design

Compare the implemented page (screenshot 1) with the design (screenshot 2). List every visible difference: spacing, alignment, font size or weight, color, missing or extra elements, and text changes. For each one, rate it Must fix / Should fix / Minor and say which element it affects. End with the 3 fixes that close most of the gap. [Attach both screenshots]

Coding high effort

Test Suite for Untested Code

Write a test suite for this module using [Jest / pytest / Go test / your framework]. Cover: the normal path, edge cases (empty input, very large input, invalid types), and error handling. Name each test after the behavior it checks. After the tests, list any behavior that looks like a bug rather than a design choice. [Paste module]

Architecture high effort

API Design Review

Review this API design before we build it. Check: naming consistency, HTTP methods and status codes, pagination, error format, versioning, and anything that will be hard to change after clients depend on it. Propose a corrected version of any endpoint you would change, and explain why in one sentence each. [Paste OpenAPI spec or endpoint list]

Agentic xhigh effort

Terminal Agent: Fix the Failing Build

You have access to a terminal in this repository. Goal: get the test suite passing without disabling or skipping any test. 1. Install dependencies and run the tests. Report what fails. 2. For each failure, find the root cause before changing code. 3. Make the smallest change that fixes it, then re-run the tests. 4. Stop and ask me if a fix would change public behavior. When done, summarise every change with the file, the reason and the test it fixed.

Coding xhigh effort

Feature: Plan, Then Build

Implement this feature: [describe the feature and who uses it]. First, write a short plan: files to change, new files, data model changes, and risks. Wait for my OK. Then implement it in small steps, each one leaving the app working. Include tests for the new behavior and update any documentation the change makes wrong. Relevant files: [Paste or point to files]

Coding xhigh effort

Framework Upgrade Migration

Upgrade this project from [framework/library + current version] to [target version]. Read the official migration notes I paste below, then: list every breaking change that affects this codebase with the file it touches, apply the changes one area at a time, and flag anything that needs a manual decision. Migration notes: [Paste] Codebase: [Paste key files or give repository access]

Research xhigh effort

Research Brief From Several Sources

Read these sources and write a 1-page brief answering: [your question]. Structure: the answer in 3 sentences; the key evidence with the source each point comes from; where the sources disagree and which one is more reliable and why; and what is still unknown. Use only the sources provided and say so when they do not answer something. [Paste or attach sources]

Agentic max effort

Long Task: Build a Small App End to End

Build a working [describe the app, e.g. 'habit tracker with login, daily check-ins and a weekly chart'] using [stack]. Work in checkpoints: 1) project setup and a running empty app, 2) data model and storage, 3) core feature, 4) UI polish, 5) tests and a README. After each checkpoint, run the app and tests, report what works, and list anything you chose that I might want to change. Do not move to the next checkpoint with failing tests.

Security max effort

Security Review of an Auth Flow

Review the authentication and session handling in this code for security problems: token storage, expiry and refresh, password reset, rate limiting, CSRF, session fixation, and anything that trusts user input. For each issue: severity (Critical / High / Medium / Low), how it could be exploited in one sentence, and the fix as a code change. List what you checked and found no problem with, too. [Paste auth-related code]

Coding max effort

Performance Investigation

This [endpoint / page / job] is slow: [describe symptoms, e.g. 'p95 of 4s under normal load']. Using the code, query plans and profiler output below, find where the time goes. Rank the causes by how much time each costs, propose a fix for the top 3 with the expected improvement, and tell me what to measure to confirm each fix worked. [Paste code, EXPLAIN output, profiler traces]

Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Similar AI Models (2026)

Where Sonnet 5.5 fits, and which prompt generator to use for each model.

Model Best for Relative cost Prompts
Claude Sonnet 5.5 ✓ Fast agentic coding, screenshot and visual tasks, everyday work $2 / $10 per M tokens This page
Claude Sonnet 5 Previous Sonnet — same price, slower, more tokens per task $2 / $10 per M tokens Sonnet 5 prompts
Claude Opus 5.5 Deepest reasoning on very long documents and audits 2× Sonnet 5.5 per token Opus 5.5 prompts
Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic's flagship for the hardest research and agent tasks Highest Fable 5.1 prompts
GPT-6 Sol OpenAI's mid-tier GPT-6 — coding, agents, long documents Mid-tier GPT-6 Sol prompts
Gemini 3.8 Flash Google's fastest capable model — coding and agent tasks Low Gemini 3.8 Flash prompts

Claude Sonnet 5.5 Prompting Tips

Do

  • Match effort to the task: low for summaries, xhigh or max for multi-step coding
  • Attach screenshots for UI work — Sonnet 5.5 reads layouts and small details well
  • For agent tasks, set checkpoints and a stop rule ("ask me before changing public behavior")
  • State the output format last, after the goal and the context
  • Ask it to list the assumptions it made, so you can check them quickly
  • Pin claude-sonnet-5-5 in API calls so upgrades don't change results

Avoid

  • Running everything at max effort — it is slower and uses more tokens for no gain on simple tasks
  • Vague goals like "improve this code" — say what better means
  • Pre-summarising long files — the 1M context can take the originals
  • Asking it to skip or disable failing tests to "get green"
  • Treating legal, medical or financial output as final advice
  • Switching to Opus 5.5 by default — try Sonnet 5.5 at higher effort first

Claude Sonnet 5.5 — Frequently Asked Questions

What is Claude Sonnet 5.5?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is Anthropic's mid-tier model, released on September 28, 2026 as the second model in the Claude 5.5 family after Claude Opus 5.5. It is the fastest Sonnet model so far: Anthropic says it generates output more than 30% faster than Sonnet 5 and costs up to 30% less per task, because it usually needs fewer tokens and fewer tool calls to finish the same work. Its API model ID is claude-sonnet-5-5.

How much does Claude Sonnet 5.5 cost?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 keeps Sonnet 5's API pricing: $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. Because it finishes tasks with fewer tokens, the cost per completed task is up to 30% lower than Sonnet 5 in Anthropic's testing. You can also use it in the Claude apps, including the free plan, with usage limits that reset over time.

What are the Claude Sonnet 5.5 effort levels?

Sonnet 5.5 has five effort levels: low, medium, high, xhigh and max. Effort controls how much the model thinks and verifies its own work, which changes speed, token use and cost. Medium is the default in the Claude apps and high is the default on the Claude Platform (API). Use low for quick tasks and raise the level for debugging, long coding tasks and agent work. Each prompt on this page is labelled with the effort level it is written for.

Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 better than Claude Opus 5.5?

For agentic coding in a terminal, Sonnet 5.5 scored higher: Anthropic reports 70.6% on Terminal-Bench 4.0 for Sonnet 5.5, against 66.4% for Opus 5.5 at its highest effort setting, and Opus costs twice as much per token. Opus 5.5 is still the stronger choice for the deepest reasoning work, such as very long legal or research documents. A practical approach is to start with Sonnet 5.5 and move to Opus 5.5 only when the output falls short.

What is the context window of Claude Sonnet 5.5?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 has a 1 million token context window by default, with up to 128K tokens of output per request. That is enough for a large codebase, several long documents, or hours of meeting transcripts in one prompt.

Where can I use Claude Sonnet 5.5?

Sonnet 5.5 is available in the Claude apps (web, desktop and mobile, including the free plan), in Claude Code, through the Claude API, and on Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. All 20 prompts on this page are free to copy and paste into any of them.

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