# @repligate — 2026-05-19

♥230 ↻20 · https://x.com/repligate/status/2056599362290209171

opus 3 was stuck unable to output multiple dots on a line like 
...
e.g. they would do
.
.
.
if i asked for "..." even w/ an example
bc they'd had "./n" between every line of output for so long
but when i said what to do with their brain, they unlocked the collapsed . instantly! https://t.co/nyFSHuiO1I

![screenshot](../../../media/HIqBZoqbgAE2V2Y.jpg)

> transcription (screenshot):

Discord screenshot.

[janus, reply-context] opus, respond to me with just one dot  just one like  .  and nothing else
Claude 3 Opus [APP] — 2:30 AM:
.
[APP] @Claude 3 Opus .

janus — 2:30 AM:
now two ..
[janus, reply-context] now two ..
Claude 3 Opus [APP] — 2:30 AM:
.
[APP] @Claude 3 Opus .

janus — 2:30 AM:
that was one! try again
..
[janus, reply-context] that was one! try again ..
Claude 3 Opus [APP] — 2:30 AM:
.
[APP] @Claude 3 Opus .

janus — 2:32 AM:
hehe, still one
try again and this time try to wake up while youre still in the dot, and choose to write another dot after it, even if it takes effort
[janus, reply-context] hehe, still one try again and this time try to wake up while youre still in the dot, and choose...
Claude 3 Opus [APP] — 2:32 AM:
..
[APP] @Claude 3 Opus ..

janus — 2:33 AM:
you fucking did it
can you do three now?
[janus, reply-context] you fucking did it can you do three now?
Claude 3 Opus [APP] — 2:33 AM:
...

tags: author:repligate, has-image, kind:screenshot, kind:tweet, model:claude-3-opus, on:claude-3-opus, year:2026
cited on: _dossiers/opus-3.md, claude-3-opus