Cognitive Load Budget
Rules
- •Split prompts into at most three blocks, each ≤ ~10 bullets:
- •Block A (Role + objective): who the model is, what success looks like.
- •Block B (Constraints + output schema): strict formatting and must/shall rules.
- •Block C (Inputs): transcripts, policy text, domain description.
- •If inputs are large, require a 2-step run:
- •Step 1: summarize inputs into a compact, structured representation.
- •Step 2: produce the final artifact from the summary.
- •Prefer schemas over long prose:
- •“Fill these fields” reduces drift more than “be thorough”.
Prompt snippet (copy/paste)
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Block A — Role & objective (≤10 bullets) Block B — Constraints & output schema (≤10 bullets) Block C — Inputs (paste text) If Block C is long: first summarize C into a table/bullets, then produce the requested output.