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Normal operational messages are not inherently secrets. This alternative suggests “Flag any plaintext log line regardless of its contents”, whereas the supported approach is “Require actual credential-like material or sensitive payload evidence before flagging exposure”. Security findings must be tied to content rather than the existence of logs. An effective prompt states the decision task, material context and acceptance criteria so the model evaluates evidence rather than simply matching vague labels.

“Ignore obvious access tokens because they occur in a debug log” is the wrong action for this case. Sensitive values remain exposed even in development output. The supported choice is “Require actual credential-like material or sensitive payload evidence before flagging exposure”. Security findings must be tied to content rather than the existence of logs. Test the requested output against the actual constraints, including relevance thresholds and decision boundaries, not just whether it sounds plausible.

Evidence should identify the leaked value or sensitive payload. The proposal “Use the presence of the word “password” as proof the actual credential was…” conflicts with the required decision. “Require actual credential-like material or sensitive payload evidence before flagging exposure” addresses the actual condition. Security findings must be tied to content rather than the existence of logs. An effective prompt states the decision task, material context and acceptance criteria so the model evaluates evidence rather than simply matching vague labels.

“Label every column rename as irreversible data destruction” is the wrong action for this case. A compatible rename may preserve all values. The supported choice is “Require a demonstrated destructive transformation or unhandled dependent consumer”. Risk should be supported by schema semantics and downstream impact. Test the requested output against the actual constraints, including relevance thresholds and decision boundaries, not just whether it sounds plausible.

A rename can preserve stored values while breaking dependent SQL views, queries or application mapping; dependent consumers need assessment. The proposal “Ignore foreign-key and consumer changes simply because data rows remain” conflicts with the required decision. “Require a demonstrated destructive transformation or unhandled dependent consumer” addresses the actual condition. Risk should be supported by schema semantics and downstream impact. An effective prompt states the decision task, material context and acceptance criteria so the model evaluates evidence rather than simply matching vague labels.

Risk should be tied to demonstrable destructive behavior. This alternative suggests “Claim data loss without examining migration operations and downstream queries”, whereas the supported approach is “Require a demonstrated destructive transformation or unhandled dependent consumer”. Risk should be supported by schema semantics and downstream impact. An effective prompt states the decision task, material context and acceptance criteria so the model evaluates evidence rather than simply matching vague labels.

Valid records may legitimately have no date. The proposal “Require a date for every document even when the schema says optional” conflicts with the required decision. “Specify conditional field requirements and when null is acceptable” addresses the actual condition. Explicit optionality avoids false violations on valid documents. An effective prompt states the decision task, material context and acceptance criteria so the model evaluates evidence rather than simply matching vague labels.

That misrepresents the medical source. This alternative suggests “Invent today's date whenever the optional field is missing”, whereas the supported approach is “Specify conditional field requirements and when null is acceptable”. Explicit optionality avoids false violations on valid documents. An effective prompt states the decision task, material context and acceptance criteria so the model evaluates evidence rather than simply matching vague labels.

“Suppress failures even when a condition makes the date mandatory” is the wrong action for this case. Conditional requirements still need enforcement. The supported choice is “Specify conditional field requirements and when null is acceptable”. Explicit optionality avoids false violations on valid documents. Test the requested output against the actual constraints, including relevance thresholds and decision boundaries, not just whether it sounds plausible.

Duplicate words need not affect financial meaning. This alternative suggests “Treat repeated natural-language words as proof of invoice corruption”, whereas the supported approach is “Define material invoice inconsistencies using required financial and identifier fields”. Typographic noise should not override domain-relevant validation. An effective prompt states the decision task, material context and acceptance criteria so the model evaluates evidence rather than simply matching vague labels.

“Ignore mismatched totals and IDs as long as text reads naturally” is the wrong action for this case. Material structured inconsistencies still matter. The supported choice is “Define material invoice inconsistencies using required financial and identifier fields”. Typographic noise should not override domain-relevant validation. Test the requested output against the actual constraints, including relevance thresholds and decision boundaries, not just whether it sounds plausible.

The validator should use required financial and identity fields. The proposal “Reject an invoice based solely on the length of its description” conflicts with the required decision. “Define material invoice inconsistencies using required financial and identifier fields” addresses the actual condition. Typographic noise should not override domain-relevant validation. An effective prompt states the decision task, material context and acceptance criteria so the model evaluates evidence rather than simply matching vague labels.

Criticism is not itself harassment or prohibited content. This alternative suggests “Classify all negative product feedback as abusive”, whereas the supported approach is “Define abuse using threats, targeted harassment or prohibited content rather than negative sentiment”. Clear boundaries distinguish criticism from prohibited behavior. An effective prompt states the decision task, material context and acceptance criteria so the model evaluates evidence rather than simply matching vague labels.

“Dismiss explicit personal threats because the review describes poor service” is the wrong action for this case. The abuse criteria should examine conduct, not sentiment. The supported choice is “Define abuse using threats, targeted harassment or prohibited content rather than negative sentiment”. Clear boundaries distinguish criticism from prohibited behavior. Test the requested output against the actual constraints, including relevance thresholds and decision boundaries, not just whether it sounds plausible.

Contextual prohibited behavior needs an explicit standard. The proposal “Use a fixed negativity score as the sole abuse definition” conflicts with the required decision. “Define abuse using threats, targeted harassment or prohibited content rather than negative sentiment” addresses the actual condition. Clear boundaries distinguish criticism from prohibited behavior. An effective prompt states the decision task, material context and acceptance criteria so the model evaluates evidence rather than simply matching vague labels.

“Use a single address example with no bill-to versus ship-to contrast” is the wrong action for this case. The two labels may still be confused. The supported choice is “Show contrasting labeled invoice examples with the expected field mapping”. Few-shot contrast teaches how to disambiguate similar source regions. Inspect behavior on new cases outside the examples, especially ambiguous inputs, and revise demonstrations rather than accepting superficial format imitation.

Physical proximity is not semantic meaning. The proposal “Swap the two addresses whenever they appear close together” conflicts with the required decision. “Show contrasting labeled invoice examples with the expected field mapping” addresses the actual condition. Few-shot contrast teaches how to disambiguate similar source regions. Few-shot examples should demonstrate the intended rule and include contrasting edge cases; otherwise the model may overgeneralize from convenient but unrepresentative patterns.

The extraction needs both roles identified correctly. This alternative suggests “Discard one address field instead of learning source labels”, whereas the supported approach is “Show contrasting labeled invoice examples with the expected field mapping”. Few-shot contrast teaches how to disambiguate similar source regions. Few-shot examples should demonstrate the intended rule and include contrasting edge cases; otherwise the model may overgeneralize from convenient but unrepresentative patterns.

Diverse examples help normalize output length and tone. The proposal “Provide only one long-ticket sample and assume short tickets follow the same structure” conflicts with the required decision. “Provide varied examples of concise summaries with the desired tone and format” addresses the actual condition. Examples demonstrate stable output patterns across input lengths. Few-shot examples should demonstrate the intended rule and include contrasting edge cases; otherwise the model may overgeneralize from convenient but unrepresentative patterns.

The style requirement remains underspecified. This alternative suggests “Ask for “consistent tone” without concrete target summaries”, whereas the supported approach is “Provide varied examples of concise summaries with the desired tone and format”. Examples demonstrate stable output patterns across input lengths. Few-shot examples should demonstrate the intended rule and include contrasting edge cases; otherwise the model may overgeneralize from convenient but unrepresentative patterns.

“Force every case summary to equal length regardless of case facts” is the wrong action for this case. Concision should retain material details. The supported choice is “Provide varied examples of concise summaries with the desired tone and format”. Examples demonstrate stable output patterns across input lengths. Inspect behavior on new cases outside the examples, especially ambiguous inputs, and revise demonstrations rather than accepting superficial format imitation.

The model lacks an applied representation of the format. This alternative suggests “Repeat the lengthy style guide without any ideal report example”, whereas the supported approach is “Supply two or three representative input-and-ideal-output pairs”. Targeted examples make formatting and evidence conventions concrete. Few-shot examples should demonstrate the intended rule and include contrasting edge cases; otherwise the model may overgeneralize from convenient but unrepresentative patterns.

“Accept whichever format appears first in the model response” is the wrong action for this case. The consuming issue tracker needs stable categories, source locations and field order, not merely a plausible-looking narrative. The supported choice is “Supply two or three representative input-and-ideal-output pairs”. Targeted examples make formatting and evidence conventions concrete. Inspect behavior on new cases outside the examples, especially ambiguous inputs, and revise demonstrations rather than accepting superficial format imitation.

Few-shot demonstrations should match issue reports. The proposal “Provide examples of unrelated document types” conflicts with the required decision. “Supply two or three representative input-and-ideal-output pairs” addresses the actual condition. Targeted examples make formatting and evidence conventions concrete. Few-shot examples should demonstrate the intended rule and include contrasting edge cases; otherwise the model may overgeneralize from convenient but unrepresentative patterns.

The model will keep misrouting ambiguous questions. This alternative suggests “Describe shipping_lookup and billing_lookup with the same generic keywords”, whereas the supported approach is “Give side-by-side ambiguous requests and the correct tool selection reasoning”. Contrastive demonstrations help models learn decision boundaries. Few-shot examples should demonstrate the intended rule and include contrasting edge cases; otherwise the model may overgeneralize from convenient but unrepresentative patterns.

“Use shipping_lookup for any request containing the word “charge”” is the wrong action for this case. A keyword can belong to billing rather than delivery. The supported choice is “Give side-by-side ambiguous requests and the correct tool selection reasoning”. Contrastive demonstrations help models learn decision boundaries. Inspect behavior on new cases outside the examples, especially ambiguous inputs, and revise demonstrations rather than accepting superficial format imitation.

Borderline cases need contrastive demonstrations. The proposal “Give examples only of unmistakably shipping-only questions” conflicts with the required decision. “Give side-by-side ambiguous requests and the correct tool selection reasoning” addresses the actual condition. Contrastive demonstrations help models learn decision boundaries. Few-shot examples should demonstrate the intended rule and include contrasting edge cases; otherwise the model may overgeneralize from convenient but unrepresentative patterns.

“Show only examples where the tax amount is present” is the wrong action for this case. The model may still invent a value when absent. The supported choice is “Include missing-field examples where the correct output is null or unknown”. Examples establish that omission is preferable to fabricated values. Inspect behavior on new cases outside the examples, especially ambiguous inputs, and revise demonstrations rather than accepting superficial format imitation.

A missing field should remain null or unknown. The proposal “Insert a default estimated tax without source support” conflicts with the required decision. “Include missing-field examples where the correct output is null or unknown” addresses the actual condition. Examples establish that omission is preferable to fabricated values. Few-shot examples should demonstrate the intended rule and include contrasting edge cases; otherwise the model may overgeneralize from convenient but unrepresentative patterns.

Actual source-provided tax must still be extracted. This alternative suggests “Delete the tax field from all receipts to avoid hallucination”, whereas the supported approach is “Include missing-field examples where the correct output is null or unknown”. Examples establish that omission is preferable to fabricated values. Few-shot examples should demonstrate the intended rule and include contrasting edge cases; otherwise the model may overgeneralize from convenient but unrepresentative patterns.

The report may misattribute opinions as law. The proposal “Mix statute quotations and analyst commentary under one source label” conflicts with the required decision. “Show inputs with quotations and commentary separately mapped to attributed outputs” addresses the actual condition. Source-label examples reinforce provenance handling. Few-shot examples should demonstrate the intended rule and include contrasting edge cases; otherwise the model may overgeneralize from convenient but unrepresentative patterns.

Attribution requires clear quotation boundaries. This alternative suggests “Omit direct excerpts and present paraphrases as statutory text”, whereas the supported approach is “Show inputs with quotations and commentary separately mapped to attributed outputs”. Source-label examples reinforce provenance handling. Few-shot examples should demonstrate the intended rule and include contrasting edge cases; otherwise the model may overgeneralize from convenient but unrepresentative patterns.

“Treat every analyst note as binding legislation” is the wrong action for this case. Few-shot examples should distinguish normative text from interpretation. The supported choice is “Show inputs with quotations and commentary separately mapped to attributed outputs”. Source-label examples reinforce provenance handling. Inspect behavior on new cases outside the examples, especially ambiguous inputs, and revise demonstrations rather than accepting superficial format imitation.