Prompt cookbook
Better instructions begin with a better operating contract.
Patterns for turning open-ended requests into bounded, reviewable work.
Name the objective and the authority.
State the concrete result, what the system may change, what requires approval, and which external actions remain out of scope.
Define evidence before execution.
Specify the artifacts, screenshots, tests, or records needed to distinguish completion from a plausible narrative.
Use stop conditions.
Bound corrections, preserve a fallback, and stop when a capability or quality gate fails instead of allowing an agent to redesign the assignment.
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