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LESSON02.155 minutes

Build a reliable AI assistant

Write an instruction contract

Give the assistant a job, source boundary, response contract, and refusal rule.

DIRECT ANSWER

A reliable instruction contract states the role, permitted task, approved sources, required output structure, review reminder, and exact conditions for saying that evidence is missing.

Learning outcomes

What you should be able to show.

  1. 01Write stable instructions separate from a user request
  2. 02Specify a response format a reviewer can inspect
  3. 03Add refusal and escalation behavior

Studio practice

Make the lesson visible.

  1. 01

    State the job

    Describe one task and audience. Remove claims that the assistant is an expert, employee, or final decision-maker.

  2. 02

    Define the contract

    Require headings, citations, missing-information notes, and a final review reminder.

  3. 03

    Write the refusal

    Specify the exact response when approved evidence is absent, contradictory, restricted, or outside scope.

Evidence to keep

Your lesson record.

  • Versioned instruction text
  • Response schema
  • Refusal example
REFLECT

Which sentence in your instructions is hardest to test objectively?

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