Prompts are not spells
Prompt systems.
A good prompt does not hide weak judgement behind more adjectives. It states what must be true, what may vary, and what the model must not invent.
01 / Beautiful scientific figures
Describe the scientific relationship before the style.
The builder below makes a prompt, not a figure. It keeps truth constraints in front of visual polish and never supplies data you did not give it.
Before accepting the image
- Do arrows encode a real relation, or merely decorate empty space?
- Are highlights too uniform, making every object feel synthetic?
- Has “cinematic” collapsed into an orange-and-blue filter?
- Do texture and star size vary at more than one scale?
- Are labels, values, uncertainty, and causal claims all supplied by the source?
02 / Remove AI voice
Protect the technical logic from the rewrite.
The objective is not to make every sentence plain. It is to remove language that claims more than the evidence while preserving symbols, quantities, citations, and the author’s actual judgement.
Increasing the connection stiffness reduced the peak displacement in the three analysed cases.
It is worth noting that enhanced connection stiffness plays a pivotal role in effectively mitigating peak displacement, thereby highlighting its significant contribution to overall structural performance.
Greater connection stiffness reduced the peak displacement in all three analysed cases.
No “pivotal role,” no unsupported system-level claim, and no sentence that announces its own importance.
Editing system prompt
- 01
Do not preview the paper instead of saying the fact.
- 02
Put a citation immediately after the sentence it supports.
- 03
Do not strengthen causality to make the prose sound confident.
- 04
Do not replace precise verbs with abstract academic nouns.
- 05
When meaning is uncertain, ask; do not polish through it.
03 / Metaphysics & traditional time
Keep calculation, convention, and symbolism in separate layers.
These prompts are for cultural explanation and visual systems. They do not turn symbolic interpretation into a scientific law or a prediction about a person.
Symbolic-system prompt
Boundary: astronomy and clock correction can be calculated; calendar conventions can be documented; symbolic readings remain cultural interpretations. Never invent a birth chart, diagnose a person, or present fortune-telling as evidence.