Chat Workflow

A first answer is a starting point. The reliable work happens in turns two through four.

Useful follow-ups to keep in your pocket:

• "What assumptions are you making about me or the audience?"
• "What's the riskiest claim in this answer?"
• "Give me a version half as long."
• "What information would change your answer?"
• "List three things you guessed at."

1. Brief. Write a prompt that names role, task, context, format.
2. Draft + critique. Read the first answer. Ask the model to surface its assumptions and weakest claim.
3. Refine. Steer with one specific change per turn: tone, length, audience, structure.
4. Verify. Open the official source for any fact that drives a decision.
5. Save. When a prompt loop works, keep it.

One setting most apps hide: temperature. Low (around 0.2) keeps answers close to the most likely path, good for summaries and extraction. High (around 0.9) gives variety, good for brainstorming. When you ask for "ten different angles," you are asking for high temperature.

The pattern beats the prompt. One good loop, used consistently, out-performs any clever one-shot.