Six questions to ask your AI before it acts: a meta-prompt that surfaces hidden assumptions
TheMoonMidas · x · 2026-10-21
A viral prompt screenshot: before letting an AI execute a task, ask it six meta-questions — What do you think I'm trying to accomplish? What are you assuming I haven't said? What single question would most improve your answer? Which parts of my instructions are ambiguous? What would you need to be more confident? If my instructions conflict with my goal, which parts would you question? This align-before-execute meta-prompt surfaces hidden assumptions and ambiguities up front, cutting rework.
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