The trap with operations prompts is asking for the finished thing. Ask for options instead, then bring your taste to the edit.
Reuse the recipe
Write down what you never want as explicitly as what you do. The exclusions often do more work than the instructions.
- Have the model flag what it could not cover
- Lower the reading level, then check what broke
- Name the audience and the single goal before you generate
Generate options, not answers
Ask for the reasoning, then the result. When the model shows its steps you can see exactly where to push back.
Start with the smallest version
Write down what you never want as explicitly as what you do. The exclusions often do more work than the instructions.
- Lower the reading level, then check what broke
- Ask for three angles, then cut to the one worth shipping
- Compare two outputs instead of trusting one
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.