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X snack: force clarifying questions first

Force clarifying questions first when the task is ambiguous — ambiguity kills quality.

Click the post (or skip straight to the chat if the image is loading slowly). Open any chat tool and paste: 'Before responding, ask clarifying questions until you understand. Task: plan a 20-minute team AI training.' Answer a couple of its questions. You're done once the model has asked at least one clarifying question before handing you a full plan.

Worked example

Here's a bit of Practical Magic straight from the feed: before you ask for an answer, make the model prove it understands the task first. The pattern to use: 'Before responding, ask clarifying questions until you are confident you understand the task.'

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