The classic pre-agent prompt: "I don't want to cut corners, go ahead with instructions"

MickeySteamboat · x · 2026-10-01

X user MickeySteamboat shared one of their favorite very early prompts from before the agent era: "I suspect we are making good progress and I don't want to cut corners. I want to be thorough, go ahead with instructions."

The polite, encouraging phrasing aimed at coaxing models into thoroughness became a nostalgic meme for anyone who used conversational AI in its early days.

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