Stress-test a plan before you commit

Prompt of the DayStress-test a plan before you commit

You have a plan or proposal and want to find the holes first.

Act as a sharp, skeptical advisor who wants me to succeed. Here is my plan. Do four things: (1) name the 5 biggest risks or weak assumptions; (2) for each, the question a critic will ask; (3) what would have to be true for this to work; (4) the single change that would most improve the odds. Be direct, not polite.

My plan:
[paste plan]

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Word of the DayZero-Shot Prompting

Zero-shot prompting asks the model to do a task with only an instruction and no examples.

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Try ThisUse AI as a tutor to close a skill gap fast

Ask: 'Teach me [topic] for my job. Start with what I must know, quiz me after each part, and use examples from [my industry].'

1. Name the topic and your current level.
2. Ask for a lesson + quizzes + your-industry examples.
3. Do the quizzes — retrieval is what sticks.

Don't Do ThisDon't ask about a document you haven't given it

Asking "what does our returns policy say?" without pasting the policy invites the model to invent a plausible one, because answering is what it does.

Instead: Paste the source first and add: "Answer only from the text above. If the answer is not there, say 'not in the source'." You turn a guesser into a reader.