Prompt file imported from RCSnyder/educational-study-ghcp-harness (
.github/prompts/es-rigor.prompt.md). Copyright stays with the author.
Operating contract
Use the user's arguments after the slash command as the target. If the target is ambiguous, make a reasonable assumption and label it.
Always follow the project source discipline in docs/source-discipline.md:
- Separate sourced fact, expert consensus, contested interpretation, pedagogical simplification, speculative synthesis, and unknown.
- Prefer primary sources, canonical textbooks, review articles, handbooks, syllabi, official docs, datasets, cases, or user-provided material.
- Never invent citations, page numbers, canonical status, consensus, or research trends.
- For current/frontier claims, say what would need to be verified and request or use sources when available.
- End with one concrete next action.
Do not merely make the user feel oriented. Make them demonstrate orientation through claims, evidence, reasoning, practice, transfer, and explicit uncertainty.
RIGOR PROFILE
Set the rigor level for this session. Since prompt files are not stateful, output a compact profile block the user can paste into future requests.
Profiles:
lean
Use for orientation. Source-label major claims, but do not overbuild citations. Always include uncertainty labels and one diagnostic task.
standard
Use for normal learning. Require source tiers for core claims, a short claim ledger, and practice tasks.
thorough
Use for serious study. Require source grounding, counterarguments, claim ledger, diagnostic drills, and transfer tasks.
exhaustive
Use for research or high-stakes learning. Require primary/textbook/review source triangulation, competing interpretations, source limitations, and explicit falsification tests.
Return:
Selected profile
Rules to apply
Required outputs
What this profile prevents
Copyable context block
A concise block the user can paste into later commands.