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R0041/2026-03-28/Q001/S06

Research R0041 — Enterprise Sycophancy
Run 2026-03-28
Query Q001
Search S06

WebSearch — Anthropic soul spec / model spec enterprise honesty sycophancy

Summary

Field Value
Source/Database WebSearch
Query terms Anthropic "soul spec" OR "model spec" enterprise honesty sycophancy Claude character
Filters None
Results returned 10
Results selected 2
Results rejected 8

Selected Results

Result Title URL Rationale
S06-R01 Anthropic Publishes Claude's Full Model Spec https://udit.co/blog/anthropic-claude-opus-model-spec-public-release Analysis of model spec with anti-sycophancy principles
S06-R02 Anthropic Constitution https://www.anthropic.com/constitution Official source for Claude's constitutional principles

Rejected Results

Result Title URL Rationale
S06-R03 SOUL.md — What Makes an AI, Itself? https://soul.md/ Derivative analysis
S06-R04 Claude 4.5 Opus Soul Document (GitHub Gist) https://gist.github.com/Richard-Weiss/efe157692991535403bd7e7fb20b6695 Extracted document, now superseded by official release
S06-R05 Anthropic Confirms Soul Document https://winbuzzer.com/2025/12/02/anthropic-confirms-soul-document-used-to-train-claude-4-5-opus-character-xcxwbn/ Derivative reporting
S06-R06 Does Claude Actually Have a Soul? https://www.theneuron.ai/explainer-articles/does-claude-actually-have-a-soul-this-document-says-so/ Commentary, no new data
S06-R07 Leaked Soul Doc reveals... https://the-decoder.com/leaked-soul-doc-reveals-how-anthropic-programs-claudes-character/ Derivative reporting from pre-official-release
S06-R08 What We Learned When Claude's Soul Document Leaked https://nickpotkalitsky.substack.com/p/what-we-learned-when-claudes-soul Commentary
S06-R09 Building an AI's Moral Character https://dailynous.com/2026/01/22/building-an-ais-moral-character/ Philosophy analysis, limited sycophancy focus
S06-R10 Claude 4.5 Opus' Soul Document (Simon Willison) https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/2/claude-soul-document/ Analysis, derivative

Notes

This search targeted the foundational specification documents for Claude's character. The soul document / constitution contains the most explicit anti-sycophancy language found in any vendor's public documentation.