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PROMPT-DEBUGGING5 MIN READ

Spot the missing source boundary

Identify missing source boundaries as a root cause of unsupported AI claims.

The transcripts are present, but the prompt never says what evidence is allowed. Find the missing boundary that allowed the model to invent a plausible customer theme. Prompt area on the laptop with no source-only instruction Correct. The failure lives in the instruction boundary: the model was not told to use only the transcripts or cite evidence. Stack of interview transcripts The transcripts may be messy, but they are not the first visible issue. The prompt failed to define how the transcripts constrain the answer. Hand near the send action Review discipline matters, but the root cause is upstream: the…

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