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has telling the model what to avoid worked better for you than describing what you want?

i used to pile on detail about exactly what i wanted and still get output that was off in ways i had not thought to forbid. lately i have been adding a short do not list, things like do not use hedging language, do not invent numbers, do not restate the question back to me. weirdly that has shaped…

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  1. 2026-10-01 17:05 · r/PromptEngineering
    has telling the model what to avoid worked better for you than describing what you want?

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