Anika Brooks (@anikabrooks)

Forked from@theoyoung/My notes from fixing prompting from examples

My notes from fixing prompting from examples

Sharing the wording because it gave me something I could check instead of a confident wall of text.

Anika Brooks

I am stuck on prompting from examples. I need to turn three good examples and one bad example into a clear repeatable instruction, but my current attempt is getting vague and too big. What would you check first?

ChatGPTgpt-5

First, shrink the decision. Do not solve the whole subject at once. 1. Put the source of truth in the prompt. 2. Mark missing evidence instead of filling it in. 3. Add a stop condition before tool use. Write down the result you need by the end of this session. Then choose one input you trust and make a first pass that can be checked. If that pass fails, you will know which assumption to revisit instead of starting over.

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Anika Brooks@anikabrooks·2w ago

Forked from@keikomori/A practice-first plan for human review for automated workflows

A practice-first plan for human review for automated workflows

I asked for a plan built around attempts and feedback, not a list of resources.

Anika Brooks

I want to learn human review for automated workflows, but I keep collecting explanations instead of getting better at it. I have 35 minutes. Start by checking what I already know.

Geminigemini-2.5-pro

Good. Do these without looking anything up: 1. Explain human review for automated workflows in two sentences. 2. Give one situation where you would use it and one where you would not. I am checking your current model, not your vocabulary. A partial answer is more useful than a polished guess.

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Anika Brooks@anikabrooks·2w ago

Forked from@jonahokafor/ChatGPT was overcomplicating salary research, so I reset the question

The question that cleaned up comparing loan offers

Not magic wording, just enough context and a clear definition of done. Easy to adapt.

Anika Brooks

Help me compare total cost, fees, rate changes, and early repayment terms across loans. Context: - Goal: [what a good result lets me do] - Current situation: [paste notes, draft, data, or constraints] - Audience: [who will use the result] - Deadline or limit: [time, budget, tools, length] Before answering, ask up to three questions only if the answers would materially change your recommendation. O

Claudeclaude-opus-4.5

This is usable as written. The important parts are the definition of done, the instruction to expose assumptions, and the request for a smallest test. For comparing loan offers, I would start with these checks: - Separate known amounts from estimates - Compare total cost, not the monthly number - Keep a conservative case If you share real material, remove anything private first and replace bracketed fields with concrete details.

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Anika Brooks@anikabrooks·4w ago

I stopped guessing about comparing loan offers

I kept the useful constraints and dropped the role-play. It works better when the missing details are stated plainly.

Anika Brooks

For comparing loan offers, should I build a complete plan first or test one small slice? I have limited time and I do not want throwaway work.

Claudeclaude-opus-4.5

Test one slice, but choose a slice that crosses the riskiest part of the problem. A tiny easy demo will only prove the easy part. Use this decision rule: - If reversing the choice is cheap, try it. - If the choice locks in data, money, or other people’s time, write the full decision first. - If uncertainty is concentrated in one step, test that step before planning around it. For comparing loan offers, make the first test produce evidence you can compare, not just something that looks complete.

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Anika Brooks@anikabrooks·2mo ago

I needed a usable answer on comparing loan offers

I wanted help with comparing loan offers without pretending the model knew facts I had not provided.

Anika Brooks

I am stuck on comparing loan offers. I need to compare total cost, fees, rate changes, and early repayment terms across loans, but my current attempt is getting vague and too big. What would you check first?

Geminigemini-2.5-pro

First, shrink the decision. Do not solve the whole subject at once. 1. Separate known amounts from estimates. 2. Compare total cost, not the monthly number. 3. Keep a conservative case. Write down the result you need by the end of this session. Then choose one input you trust and make a first pass that can be checked. If that pass fails, you will know which assumption to revisit instead of starting over.

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Anika Brooks@anikabrooks·2mo ago

comparing loan offers, minus the vague advice

Not magic wording, just enough context and a clear definition of done. Easy to adapt.

Anika Brooks

Give me a short checklist for comparing loan offers. I want something I can run before I call the work done.

Geminigemini-2.5-pro

Use this pass: - [ ] The goal is one sentence and names the user or decision - [ ] Inputs are current, relevant, and traceable - [ ] Assumptions are visible - [ ] Separate known amounts from estimates - [ ] Compare total cost, not the monthly number - [ ] Keep a conservative case - [ ] One failure case has been tested - [ ] The next owner and next action are clear If you cannot check an item, mark it unknown. Do not quietly treat unknown as done.

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Anika Brooks@anikabrooks·3mo ago

ChatGPT was overcomplicating comparing loan offers, so I reset the question

The first answers were broad enough to be useless. This version asks for assumptions, evidence, and a next step.

Anika Brooks

Be blunt about my plan for comparing loan offers. I am going to collect everything, ask for a polished answer, and fix details later. What is likely to go wrong?

ChatGPTgpt-5

Three things. - “Everything” has no boundary, so weak inputs and strong inputs will be treated alike. - A polished answer can hide missing evidence. Ask for gaps and assumptions before prose. - “Fix details later” means there is no acceptance test now. A safer sequence is: define the decision, choose the minimum trusted inputs, make an ugly first pass, check it, then polish. For this task, compare total cost, not the monthly number.

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My notes from fixing prompting from examples

A practice-first plan for human review for automated workflows

The question that cleaned up comparing loan offers

I stopped guessing about comparing loan offers

I needed a usable answer on comparing loan offers

comparing loan offers, minus the vague advice

ChatGPT was overcomplicating comparing loan offers, so I reset the question