Lesson 28 of 30

Prompt library: save the slots, not just the words

Saving the words is not the same as saving the prompt.

One change, same AI.

Your prompt
Summarise {{DOC}} in five bullets, one per risk.
A stronger version
Saved prompt: risk-summary Template: Summarise {{DOC}} in five bullets, one per risk. Slot: {{DOC}} — the document being reviewed. Known failure: invents a fifth risk when fewer than five exist. Fix: state the count found before listing, and stop there if it's under five.

Here is the test: open one saved prompt. Could a stranger use it correctly, and would they know, before running it, the one way it's failed before?

Try it on your own work.

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