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Prompting Technique Shifts Focus From Tasks To Evaluation Criteria

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swyx@swyx#214inAI

the best way to think about /goal is that you’re moving from prompting WHAT you want done, to HOW you want it evaluated

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swyx@swyx

increasing levels of autonomy:

/skill: preset prompts

/plan: human-refined inputs

/goal: AI-evaluated outputs

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