You don't need a hundred operations prompts. You need five you trust and actually reuse.
Anchor to one reader
Ask for the reasoning, then the result. When the model shows its steps you can see exactly where to push back.
Keep a negative list
Ask for the reasoning, then the result. When the model shows its steps you can see exactly where to push back.
- Keep one ask per prompt — chaining beats cramming
- Save the prompt that worked so the next person reuses it
- Have the model flag what it could not cover
Cut before you polish
Treat the first output as a draft, not a verdict. The prompt does the typing; you keep the judgment about what ships.
- Have the model flag what it could not cover
- Keep one ask per prompt — chaining beats cramming
- Lower the reading level, then check what broke
Write down what you never want as explicitly as what you do. The exclusions often do more work than the instructions.