Isaac Stone (@isaacstone)

Forked from@theoyoung/How I ask for help with prompting from examples

How I ask for help with prompting from examples

This started as a messy question about prompting from examples. The follow-up made the answer practical.

Isaac Stone

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

Claudeclaude-opus-4.5

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, mark missing evidence instead of filling it in.

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Isaac Stone@isaacstone·2w ago

Forked from@silasberg/separating model mistakes from missing context: a study session that did not turn into more notes

separating model mistakes from missing context: a study session that did not turn into more notes

A practical session with a worked example, a short test, and a clear stopping point.

Isaac Stone

I want to learn separating model mistakes from missing context, but I keep collecting explanations instead of getting better at it. I have 35 minutes. Start by checking what I already know.

ChatGPTgpt-5

Good. Do these without looking anything up: 1. Explain separating model mistakes from missing context 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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How I ask for help with prompting from examples

separating model mistakes from missing context: a study session that did not turn into more notes