Boundaries and Scope
The five types of constraints that keep an AI response on-topic, correctly formatted, and appropriately scoped.
A boundary is a feature, not a restriction
A prompt with no boundaries doesn't give the model more freedom to help you; it just gives it more room to guess wrong. Naming what you don't want is often what makes a response useful.
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Stacking constraints, one layer at a time
- Layer 1 (basic): "Explain how to price a freelance project."
- Layer 2 (add length): "...in 150 words."
- Layer 3 (add audience): "...for someone pricing their first freelance client."
- Layer 4 (add style): "...practical tone, no jargon, ordered by what to decide first."