Debug the Wrong Answer by Tracing the Layer
Trace a failure to the instruction layer, knowledge layer, or request layer using a repeatable sequence.
The miss The assistant answered a leave-policy question with a stale regional exception. You need to know whether the failure came from the rule layer, the source layer, or the request. Random prompt tweaking can hide the bug without removing it. Debug order Trace the failing layer Start with behavior rules, then source quality, then live request clarity. That order prevents cosmetic edits from masking structural bugs. Bad shortcut Rewrite the whole prompt because the answer felt wrong. You change the layer that actually failed. Debug from stable layers to transient layers: behavior first, sources second, request third. Node 1…
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