Make Operations Boring, On Purpose

The trap with operations prompts is asking for the finished thing. Ask for options instead, then bring your taste to the edit.

Cut before you polish

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.

Reuse the recipe

Treat the first output as a draft, not a verdict. The prompt does the typing; you keep the judgment about what ships.

• Lower the reading level, then check what broke
• Save the prompt that worked so the next person reuses it
• Have the model flag what it could not cover

Treat the first output as a draft, not a verdict. The prompt does the typing; you keep the judgment about what ships.