Lesson 25 of 30

Writing evals: write criteria before you look

"Make sure it is good" names a feeling, not a test.

One change, same AI.

Your prompt
Make sure it is good.
A stronger version
Before generating: your task will be judged against three checks — every claim traces to a source, no paragraph exceeds five sentences, and the conclusion appears in the first paragraph. Now produce your task and score it against those three checks, unchanged.

Here is the test: show your criteria to someone who hasn't seen the output. Could they score it without asking you what you meant?

Try it on your own work.

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