Habits that avoid trouble.
BUILD A STYLE BRIEF
Paste it into every writing request.
Solves tone, format and banned phrases permanently.
SAVE PROMPTS THAT WORKED
Rebuilding them each time produces inconsistent output.
SUPPLY YOUR OWN FACTS
Use it for language. Never for information.
ADD THE INVENTION CONSTRAINT
"Do not invent any fact I have not supplied."
ONE CONVERSATION, ONE TASK
Prevents context problems entirely.
SPECIFY LENGTH AND FORMAT ALWAYS
ASK FOR CRITICISM EXPLICITLY
VERIFY BEFORE PUBLISHING
Every fact, figure, name and citation.
CHECK COMMITMENTS BEFORE SENDING
Generated messages invent timescales and promises.
BACK UP BEFORE RUNNING ANYTHING
Code, scripts, database changes.
THE TWO HABITS WORTH MOST
A style brief, and supplying your own facts.
Those two prevent most of what goes wrong.
