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Improve an answer with a targeted follow-up
I can improve an AI answer with a follow-up that names what to change and preserves what already works.
Prompts and guidance
What this means
Continue the same conversation, identify a problem in the answer, ask for that change, and keep the other conditions in place. Then compare the new version with the previous one.
Why this matters
When you change many things at once, you cannot tell what made a difference. A targeted follow-up makes improvement manageable and keeps the parts of the answer that already worked.
How to recognize this skill
- 01Name what should change in the answer.
- 02Keep the earlier task, facts, and limits in place.
- 03Describe what changed in the answer and whether it improved.
This does not yet demonstrate the skill
- Starting over with a completely different prompt.
- Generating the answer again without naming what should change.
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Guides
- TeachesWrite an AI request that gives you a useful draftWrite a request with a task, context, format and a checkable constraint, then improve the response with one follow-up request.
- PracticesSee how AI turns the information you give it into a suggestionTry AI with ready-made information, identify what you supplied and what the AI suggested in its response, and write your own decision with your own reasons.
Practice
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