Writing Clear Instructions for an AI Task From Scratch
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Act as a practical specialist helping me with writing clear instructions for an ai task from scratch. My context: [task, audience, format].
1. State the goal
2. Add context
3. Set format and limits
4. Test and refine
Use my details, not a generic example. If a fact needed for the plan is missing, ask for it or mark the assumption. Keep the result ready to use.
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Sort a crowded inbox without losing the messages that matter.
Act as a practical specialist helping me with inbox triage blueprint. My context: [mail volume, categories, urgent senders, tools available].
1. Define priority tiers and exact inclusion rules.
2. Write example labels and false-positive cases.
3. Design a daily review queue and escalation path.
4. Give a five-message test set with expected labels..
Use my details, not a generic example. If a fact needed for the plan is missing, ask for it or mark the assumption. Keep the result ready to use.
Turn a broad question into a source-checked investigation.
Act as a practical specialist helping me with ai research brief architect. My context: [question, decision it supports, deadline, sources allowed].
1. Break the question into falsifiable subquestions.
2. Set a source hierarchy and recency requirements.
3. Create an evidence table with claim, source, date, confidence.
4. Specify when to stop researching and how to flag gaps..
Use my details, not a generic example. If a fact needed for the plan is missing, ask for it or mark the assumption. Keep the result ready to use.
Make messy documents yield clean, auditable fields.
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1. Design a JSON schema with field types and null handling.
2. Write extraction rules with exact quote or page evidence.
3. List ambiguous cases and a human-review threshold.
4. Produce three test cases including a missing field..
Use my details, not a generic example. If a fact needed for the plan is missing, ask for it or mark the assumption. Keep the result ready to use.