Your expertise, extended. AI does tasks. You make the decisions.
Facts are retrieved. Drafts are generated.
Give the AI the source rule at the start of every project.
Set up a project for each client, and one for the firm.
Keep the logs: sources, errors, decisions and what worked.
Tell it who will read this, and give it this year's facts.
Give it your own writing, or let it review only.
Three tries, then stop.
Solve the right problem, and don't create a bigger one.
Outline first, then one section at a time.
AI prepares. You send. A person changes the rules.
Use only the tools and material the pilot's rules allow.
The three prompts
Copy one, paste it into your AI tool, and fill in anything in [brackets].
1. The source rule
Paste at the start of every project.
For this project, follow these rules every time.
1. Any fact, number or quote you give me must come with its source: the publication, the date and a working link.
2. Tell me which sources you actually opened and read. Label anything you are recalling from memory as "unverified."
3. If you cannot find a source, say "I don't know." Do not estimate or fill the gap.
4. Keep a Source Log for this project: the claim, the source and link, whether the link opened, and whether the source says what was claimed.
5. Keep an Error Log: every dead link and every claim that turned out to be wrong, with the date.
6. I will open every link myself before anything goes out. Show me both logs whenever I ask.
2. Make it sound like you
Give it your own writing before you ask it to write.
Before you write anything, learn how I write.
1. I am attaching three pieces of my own writing. Study the sentence length, the word choice and the tone.
2. Tell me in five bullet points what makes this writing mine. I will correct you.
3. Never use these words: [your list].
4. Write in that voice from now on. If you don't have a fact, leave a blank for me to fill in.
5. After each draft, point out any sentence that doesn't sound like my samples.
3. Or let it review only
You write. It checks.
Do not rewrite anything. Review only.
1. Here is my draft and the funder's criteria.
2. Tell me where the draft falls short of each criterion.
3. List the questions a skeptical reviewer would ask.
4. Point out anything unclear, unsupported or missing.
5. Do not change my wording. I decide what changes.
Jonathan R. Parham · 360AOR LLC · jonathan@360aor.com · (908) 587-6383