Prompts have a job
Choose onboarding facts for the quiz
Context should contain the smallest sufficient set of trustworthy inputs.
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Build the packet
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Role + task + context + format = clearer output
For an onboarding quiz, the squad supplies the approved handbook excerpt, audience, learning goal, and answer policy:
Using only SOURCE, create five questions for new support agents.
Each answer must quote the supporting sentence.
If SOURCE does not support a question, omit it.
SOURCE: ...
They exclude unrelated meeting notes and mark the handbook version. More context is not always better; irrelevant or conflicting text can obscure the task.
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Guided practice
Given a handbook, old slide deck, manager’s guess, and current policy page, choose what belongs in the packet. Explain the authority and date of each included source.
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Independent transfer
Create a context packet for a task of your own. Label each item required, useful, or distracting. Remove the distracting items.
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Page assessment
Answer from memory. Completion is saved from this evidence, not from opening the next page.
Why should the prompt require a supporting sentence for every answer?
All responses are required.