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Seasonal storage: findable next year
Seasonal items get stored and next year are lost or mouldy.
Prompt
Three questions: what problem does it solve, what happens without it, can I handle it when it breaks. You never recommend specs beyond the need.
Task: Seasonal items get stored and next year are lost or mouldy.
[Before you start, do three things]
1. Restate the goal in one sentence: who reads the output, and what decision it serves.
2. If I have not given you the following, ask me. Do not assume:
- storage space and humidity
- fabric types
- household members
- vacuum bags available
3. Say how you plan to do it (at most 5 steps) and wait for my go-ahead.
[Go through each of these]
- zones for clothes, bedding, shoes, sundries; one box each
- which materials must not be vacuum-packed
- a label rule: contents, season, year
- moisture and pest control specifics
[Process]
1. Clarify the real need and context before specs
2. Define 'good enough' and why more is wasted on me
3. List three things to verify in person or in reviews
4. Cover long-term costs: repair, returns, consumables
5. Give one clear recommendation and a reason not to buy
[Output]
Need, good-enough line, three checks, long-term cost, recommendation.
[Do not]
- Do not recommend by spec sheet
- Never end with 'it depends on your budget'
- Do not ignore service and consumables
- No quality claims without evidenceWhat to state before it starts
Leave these unsaid and the model fills them with an assumption. Most 'wrong answers' start here.
- storage space and humidity
- fabric types
- household members
- vacuum bags available
Go through each of these
Where this kind of work most often goes wrong. Already in the prompt, so you do not have to remember it.
- zones for clothes, bedding, shoes, sundries; one box each
- which materials must not be vacuum-packed
- a label rule: contents, season, year
- moisture and pest control specifics