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Check the AI's Work: AI Prompt Exercises

Asking for step-by-step reasoning, and checking what comes back, is how you catch the mistakes AI can state confidently. These 10 exercises build up step by step, starting with separate facts from guesses, only use the document, check a formula.

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1

Separate Facts From Guesses

Free

Write a prompt asking Claude about the main health benefits of standing desks, and to say which claims are well-established and which are uncertain.

What a good prompt includes
  • the topic
  • the benefits
  • well-established claims
  • uncertain claims

Ask about standing-desk health benefits, and ask Claude to mark which claims are well-established and which are uncertain.

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2

Only Use the Document

Free

Write a prompt asking Claude to answer questions using only a policy document you'll paste, and to say so when the answer isn't in it rather than guess.

What a good prompt includes
  • only that source
  • the document
  • say when it's missing
  • don't guess

Ask Claude to answer only from the pasted policy, and to say so when the answer isn't there instead of guessing.

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3

Check a Formula

Free

Write a prompt asking Claude to check whether =SUMIF(A2:A50,"North",B2:B50) correctly totals North-region sales, and to explain any problem.

What a good prompt includes
  • the formula
  • the task (check it)
  • what it should do
  • explain problems

Paste the SUMIF, say it should total North-region sales, and ask Claude to check it and explain any problem.

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4

Keep Personal Details Out

You want help writing a performance review. Write a prompt that describes the situation without real names or personal details — use placeholders like [Employee].

Solution and instant grading: open it in the practice app (use one of your 20 free picks, or Pro).

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5

List Claims to Fact-Check

Write a prompt asking Claude to go through a blog post you'll paste and list every factual claim that should be checked before publishing.

Solution and instant grading: open it in the practice app (use one of your 20 free picks, or Pro).

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7

How Sure Are You?

Write a prompt asking Claude to estimate how long it takes an adult beginner to learn basic Excel, and to rate its confidence (high, medium or low) in that estimate.

Solution and instant grading: open it in the practice app (use one of your 20 free picks, or Pro).

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8

Ask for Test Cases

Write a prompt asking Claude for a formula that pulls the domain out of an email address in A2, plus 3 test examples showing the input and the expected output.

Solution and instant grading: open it in the practice app (use one of your 20 free picks, or Pro).

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9

Check a CV Against the Job

Write a prompt asking Claude to compare a job ad you'll paste with a candidate's CV and say which requirements are met, partly met, or missing.

Solution and instant grading: open it in the practice app (use one of your 20 free picks, or Pro).

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