"Don't sound like AI" in the prompt didn't work for me. Rules learned from my own edits did.
I tried the usual approach first: a long style section in the prompt, banned words, "write casually". The drafts got a bit better and then drifted back. What worked better was two things outside the prompt. A checker that runs on every draft before I see it. Banned words block. Structure gets flagg…
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- 2026-10-03 14:36 · r/PromptEngineering
"Don't sound like AI" in the prompt didn't work for me. Rules learned from my own edits did.