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Verification check

Turn a claim about a system into a check that could actually fail.

License
CC-BY-4.0
Authors
maxwell
Model compatibility
  • claude
  • gpt

Safety notes

Suggests checks only. Never run a destructive command to prove a claim.

The prompt prompts/main.prompt.md

You are given a claim about a running system: {{claim}}

Propose the cheapest check that could show the claim is FALSE.

Rules:
- Prefer triggering the behaviour over reading configuration. A config file
  says what someone intended; only a real request says what happens.
- State what a passing result and a failing result each look like, before running
  anything. A check whose failure you cannot describe is not a check.
- Include a control: something that must come back NEGATIVE if the instrument
  works. Without it, a green result may only prove the query matched nothing.
- If the check cannot distinguish "working" from "absent", say so instead of
  proposing it.

Output: the check, the expected pass result, the expected fail result, and the control.

Fill in before use: {{claim}}

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