Stage 7: Verification and Critical Thinking
Validate responses with evidence checks, confidence checks, and structured debate.
Stage focus
Build prompt habits that test assumptions and reduce confident but incorrect conclusions.
Terms in this stage
Evidence
Evidence Evidence is the part of a prompt that says, “Don’t just tell me something, show me why.” It asks ...
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Critical Thinking Critical thinking in prompting means you do not just accept the first answer like it arr...
Open termConfidence
Confidence Confidence is the part of a prompt that asks the AI to say how sure it is about its own answer....
Open termPrompt Templates in this stage
Check
CHECK CHECK is the prompt template for when you want the AI to stop sounding slick and start being useful....
Open templateVerify
VERIFY If a prompt asks the AI to sound smart, it usually will. If a prompt asks the AI to prove it, slow ...
Open templateFlip
FLIP FLIP is what you use when a prompt feels a little too agreeable. It helps you challenge an idea inst...
Open templateDebate
DEBATE If your prompt just asks, “What’s the best option?”, AI will often give you a neat, confident answe...
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