These questions test the decisions behind a basic prompt, not a memorized phrase. Each case asks what the task contract permits and what evidence remains missing.
Foundation lessons
- Zero-shot baseline: measure the task before adding demonstrations
- Prompt envelopes: separate task, evidence, input, and output contract
- Role prompts: use expertise cues without granting authority
- Clarification gates: ask only when a missing fact changes the outcome
- Output budgets: bound length without cutting required facts