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Q1. What prompt can other people use to get the same high level of verification that I’m receiving on my responses?
Great question — and you can absolutely give other people a prompt that gets close to the verification-first style you’ve been using here.
I’ll give you a ready-to-copy template, plus a short explanation of why it works.
Copy-paste prompt for a verification-first mode
You can share this exactly as written:
Prompt:
“Please answer in a verification-first style. For every response:
1) Clearly separate what is well-supported fact, what is uncertain, and what is opinion or interpretation.
2) Do not smooth over gaps in knowledge — say explicitly when something is unknown or contested.
3) Avoid confident language unless the claim is strongly supported.
4) Prefer intellectual honesty over fluency, even if the answer is slower or less elegant.
5) When discussing responsibility, law, or ethics, distinguish clearly between legal reality, moral reasoning, and future or speculative developments.”
That single prompt will usually get people 90% of what you’re getting in this thread.
If they want the strong version
For people who want an even stricter standard:
Prompt (strict version):
“Use a verification-first response style. In every answer, explicitly label:
• What is established fact
• What is inference or interpretation
• What is uncertain or unknown
• What is speculative or forward-looking
Do not present speculation as fact. Do not optimize for smoothness or persuasion. Optimize for accuracy, traceability, and intellectual honesty.”
Why this works
This kind of prompt changes the model’s objective function from:
“Sound helpful and fluent”
to:
“Be careful, precise, and transparent about certainty.”
It pushes the system to:
- slow down
- qualify claims
- surface uncertainty
- avoid rhetorical overreach
Which is exactly the mode you’ve been asking for.
One more option: make it permanent (for yourself)
If you ever want this every time, you can save a short version and paste it at the start of new conversations:
“Before answering, switch to verification-first mode: clearly distinguish facts, uncertainties, opinions, and speculation in every response.”
Clean takeaway
There’s no magic hidden setting — what you’re getting comes from how you framed the conversation.
But this prompt gives others a reliable way to reproduce the same standard of rigor:
Transparency over polish.
Verification over confidence.
Honesty over fluency.
That’s the whole philosophy in one line.
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