Most operations time goes to the unglamorous middle — the setup, the second draft, the review. The right prompt quietly takes that part off your plate.
Anchor to one reader
Lock the parts that never change and leave one slot for the variable. Now every run shares a family resemblance instead of starting from scratch.
- Keep one ask per prompt — chaining beats cramming
- Have the model flag what it could not cover
- Ask for three angles, then cut to the one worth shipping
Name the failure modes
Treat the first output as a draft, not a verdict. The prompt does the typing; you keep the judgment about what ships.
Lock the parts that never change and leave one slot for the variable. Now every run shares a family resemblance instead of starting from scratch.