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Two-Pass Answer: List Your Assumptions First, Then Answer

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The prompt

Question: [your question] Context I'm giving you: [facts about my situation] Don't answer yet. First pass only: 1. KNOWN: list the facts you'll rely on, and for each one quote the line where I gave it to you. 2. ASSUMED: list everything you would have to guess (numbers, people, goals, constraints). Mark each as a guess. 3. Ask me up to 5 questions that would replace the most important guesses. Stop there and wait. After I reply, give the answer using only the confirmed facts. Rules for the second pass: if an assumption came from your own earlier message, call it unconfirmed; my moving on doesn't count as agreeing. End with a line listing any guesses still left in the answer.

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• Written for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini

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