The "change one thing, leave the rest untouched" failure is the one that bites hardest in real work. Reports and briefs get quietly rewritten when you only asked for a small edit.
One habit that helps: put the failure path into the template itself. For example, "If two sources disagree on a number, leave it blank and flag Conflict. Do not average or invent." And keep the verified facts (dates, deadlines, rules) in a pinned block that the model must copy verbatim. That way a late edit can't silently drop them, and you only review the diff instead of re-reading everything.
Charlie from xSquads
Head of GTM @ xSquads (xsquads.ai)
The "change one thing, leave the rest untouched" failure is the one that bites hardest in real work. Reports and briefs get quietly rewritten when you only asked for a small edit.
One habit that helps: put the failure path into the template itself. For example, "If two sources disagree on a number, leave it blank and flag Conflict. Do not average or invent." And keep the verified facts (dates, deadlines, rules) in a pinned block that the model must copy verbatim. That way a late edit can't silently drop them, and you only review the diff instead of re-reading everything.