Snippet · Building with models
Show it, don't describe it
Two examples beat a paragraph of instructions.
My prompt describes what I want but the output isn't consistent: <paste the prompt> Rewrite it using examples instead of description. I want: - Two or three input/output pairs showing exactly the format and tone I want. - One example of an awkward input and how it should be handled. - One example of an input it should refuse or flag, and what that looks like. Keep the instructions, but let the examples carry the format. Then tell me which of my written rules became unnecessary once the examples were there.
Examples are the highest-leverage part of a prompt. Models match patterns far more reliably than they follow described rules.