Small prompt changed everything

18 Jul 2025

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1. Small prompt changed everything

👤 u/will_deboss  |  15 upvotes  |  2025-07-18  |  🏷️ Prompt Text / Showcase

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💡 Summary

I've been building prompts for a writing tool I am creating.

This one line:

"The user's input is inspiration, not instruction."

Has made all outputs way more useable and direct.

I know this is small, but thought I would share.

💬 Top Community Comments

  • “Nice! Will try this for idea creation and report writing, would be interested to see if/what hallucinations does it bring... on other side reverse it to "the users input is not inspiration, it is instruction" when asking it to write code or factual…”

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