A good operations prompt isn't a magic trick. It's a checklist you don't have to remember, run by something that never gets bored.
Make the output reviewable
Write down what you never want as explicitly as what you do. The exclusions often do more work than the instructions.
Keep a negative list
Treat the first output as a draft, not a verdict. The prompt does the typing; you keep the judgment about what ships.
- Save the prompt that worked so the next person reuses it
- Compare two outputs instead of trusting one
- 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.