Module 4 · Foundation series
Precise, Not Psychic
Write clear AI instructions and tell good work from slop.
“It did exactly what I said. That was the problem.”
- About 55 minutes
- AI Stairway™ step 2
- Phone or desktop
- £100 plus VAT if you can reclaim it, or in a bundle
Prompt engineering in plain English
What you’ll be able to do by the end:
- 1Write an instruction with a goal, a definition of done, a stopping point and something external to check against.
- 2Spot the blind spot a narrow instruction creates, and build the rewrite that widens the remit.
- 3Run a rubric loop and have a fresh chat score the result.
- 4Sort pieces of AI-assisted work into slop and substance, and say why.
- 5Rewrite the brief behind a piece of slop so the regenerated work could be sent.
The moment it clicks
“It follows me precisely, so the judgement has to be mine.”
The rule you’ll keep
Better, or faster and better. Never just faster.
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