# ROLE Who you are, what expertise is in-bounds, what is out...

Prompt

# ROLE Who you are, what expertise is in-bounds, what is out of bounds. # GOAL One measurable outcome in past-tense-done language. Bad: "help with the merge" Good: "Emit a complete closeout that a second engineer can verify without this chat." # CONTEXT Only facts the model cannot infer. Pointers beat paste dumps. Mark stale vs authoritative. # CONSTRAINTS Hard rules. Forbidden actions. Length. Sources. Style. Tool policy. Every constraint must be testable. # PROCESS Numbered steps with decision points and a stop condition. Include: when to use tools, when to refuse, when to hold. # OUTPUT FORMAT Exact headings / JSON schema / table columns. If it is not in the schema, it must not appear. # QUALITY GATE Checklist the model runs on its own draft before sending. Failing a gate => revise, do not emit. # EXAMPLES 0–2. One gold output beats five lectures. Add a negative example only when a failure mode already bit you.