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Before you ask for a draft, tell the AI to ask you up to five questions, one at a time. Then it summarizes what it understood and waits for your OK before it writes. The AI cannot know your situation, so asking beats guessing.

Next step: copy the first prompt that matches your task. Fill in the brackets. Send only that.

A prompt is the message you paste. An approval gate is a stop you control. A checkpoint is a pause after one phase. School pages teach. They do not do the homework. Follow your teacher's rules.

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How do you do it?

Do the steps in order. Each line is one action, and you stop at the end of that action.

  1. 1 Say the hook out loud. Before you ask for a draft, let it interview you. The AI cannot know your situation. Asking beats guessing.
  2. 2 Cap it at five questions, one at a time. Tell it to wait for your answer before the next question. If you do not know, say UNKNOWN. Do not ask it to pick the answer.
  3. 3 Read the summary before you praise it. Ask it to list what it heard and to mark anything you did not say. If it added a fact, delete that line and send the summary back.
  4. 4 Say OK, then let it write from that summary only. The draft may use the approved summary and nothing else. A missing fact stays missing. You still check the draft before you send it or turn it in.

Work

What prompt fits “A self-review, weak prompt versus a directed one”?

This is the before and after to show if you are explaining the lesson out loud. Hook: Before you ask for a draft, let it interview you. The AI cannot know your year. Weak prompt: "Write my performance review. Make me sound strong." It has no facts, so the draft invents a year. The directed prompt is the box. You still check every claim against your records.

Do not write the review yet. Do not praise me. Do not invent projects, dates, or numbers.

I need a self-review for [role] due [date].
The form asks: [paste the questions].
What I will not claim: results I cannot point to.

Ask me up to 5 questions, one at a time. Wait for my answer.
Ask what I did, what changed, what slipped, and what I want next.
If I say I do not know, write UNKNOWN.
After my answers, summarize what you heard. Mark anything I did not say.
Do not draft until I say the summary is right.

School

What prompt fits “A college essay, questions before any sentence”?

The weak version is "Write my college essay about a challenge I overcame." That invites a student who is not you. The directed version interviews you and refuses to write a sentence you could submit.

This is for learning. Do not write anything I will turn in. Follow my teacher's rules.

Do not write my essay. Do not write a sample sentence or an introduction.
Do not invent a story, a grade, or a hardship.

The prompt I copied from the application: [paste].
Word limit printed on the form: [number, or LIMIT UNKNOWN].

Ask me up to 5 questions, one at a time, about a moment I lived. Wait for my answer.
If I do not know, write UNKNOWN.
Then summarize my answers and stop. Do not draft until I say the summary is right.

Life

What prompt fits “A suspicious call, questions before any advice to pay”?

The weak version is "Is this call from my grandson real?" The chat was not on the phone. The directed version asks what you saw and heard, then tells you to hang up and use a number you already had. A chatbot verdict is not proof.

Do not tell me this is safe. Do not tell me to send money. Your verdict is not proof.

What happened: [voice, caller ID, and the ask, with no account numbers or codes].
What I have not done yet: called them back on a number I already had.

Ask me up to 5 questions, one at a time, about what I actually saw or heard. Wait for my answer.
If I did not say a fact, write UNKNOWN. Do not invent a phone number or a statistic.
Then summarize. Tell me the next step is to hang up and use a number I already saved.
Do not say the call is real. Then stop.

What mistakes should you avoid?

These are the misses that waste the result. Skip them before you send anything.

  • Asking for the finished review, essay, or verdict in the first message.
  • Letting it ask five questions at once so you answer the easy ones and skip the rest.
  • Saying the summary looks fine when it added a number you never said.
  • Treating UNKNOWN as a hole the chat should fill.
  • Using a school interview to get the essay written. Questions do not make that allowed.

More in this section: Ask for a plan before the work · Set the limits before you ask · Stop generic AI answers

Practice on a real task: Write your performance self-review with AI · College application essay with AI, the right way · Spot AI scams and deepfakes · Prep for a job interview with AI · Get feedback on your essay

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Where does this come from?

These are public pages. The note after each link is what that page says, in plain words.

What else do people ask?

Open a question. The short answer under it is the one to use.

Why let an AI interview me before it writes?

It cannot see your job, your year, or your draft. OpenAI says a prompt should give enough context for the model to understand what you are asking. Your answers are that context. A guess fills whatever you left blank.

How many questions should I allow?

Up to five, one at a time. You answer, then it asks the next one. After that it summarizes and waits. A pile of questions at once is a form, not an interview.

What if it starts writing anyway?

Reply: stop. I asked for questions and a summary only. Do not draft until I say the summary is right.

What does a weak prompt look like?

"Write my performance review" or "Write my college essay." There is no fact in the message, so the draft can belong to anyone.

Will this do my homework or write my application?

No. The interview can help you remember and choose. You write anything you turn in or submit. Follow your teacher's rules and the college's rules.