Priya Hsu

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.

Good. Do these without looking anything up: 1. Explain building a small research agent 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.

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 an experiment readout, I would start with these checks: - Fix the grain before calculating - Keep assumptions next to the metric - Show uncertainty in the output If you share real material, remove anything private first and replace bracketed fields with concrete details.

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 an experiment readout, make the first test produce evidence you can compare, not just something that looks complete.