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PROMPT-CHAINING5 MIN READ

Recover when a chain drifts

Use an OODA-style loop to diagnose and redirect a drifting prompt chain.

Drift event A competitive-intel chain silently changes the market frame from SMB to enterprise. The final table is coherent, but it answers the wrong question. OODA keeps the team from confusing a fluent artifact with a valid artifact. Recovery loop Observe -> Orient -> Decide -> Act Use the loop when a chain's output no longer matches the source, objective, audience, or constraints. Panic rerun Add 'be accurate' and start over You repair the chain at the cause, not at the most visible symptom. Drift is corrected by reorientation, not by louder instructions. 01 Observe 02 Orient 03 Act Name…

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