Part I · Chapter 8
8. Post-instruction space
Major question
How does telling AI what to inspect after generating an answer improve the final result?
Description
Post-instructions add a second operation after generation: verification, critique, refinement, prioritisation, or quality control. They are especially useful when the first draft may contain unsupported assumptions or uneven argumentation.
Write a paper on the economic value of beauty in tourism. After drafting the paper, critically examine your argument. Identify unsupported assumptions, distinguish correlation from causation, remove claims that cannot be adequately justified, and strengthen the weakest part before presenting the final version.
Expected impact
Post-instruction adds a control operation within the same prompt. Generating is no longer enough: the model must also inspect and correct before delivering.
Post-instruction means: after you do it, examine what you have done like this.