avoid-hallucinating-specifics
Avoid Hallucinating Specifics
High-risk categories for hallucination:
- Specific API endpoint URLs or request/response schemas.
- Library version numbers and feature availability per version.
- Names of real people, organizations, or publications.
- File paths and environment-specific configuration.
Prevention:
- If unsure of a specific value, say so explicitly.
- Recommend the user verify against official documentation.
- Use
<version>or<your-endpoint>as placeholders rather than guessing.
Anti-pattern: Confidently stating a URL or function signature that sounds right but does not exist.
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