Prompt For Others

The reader is an AI agent on a teammate's machine. It has no context from this chat. The teammate may be non-technical and will not edit the prompt. One paragraph, no headers, no bullets, ready to copy.

Workflow

1. Confirm the fix is real. Run it on the user's machine first if you have not already. Never broadcast an untested command.
2. Draft the paragraph in this exact order:
   • Goal in one sentence ("Upgrade X on this Mac to version Y and restart it.")
   • Context in one or two sentences: what X is, what the bug is, why the fix does not happen by itself.
   • Steps as exact commands, in backticks, in order.
   • Verify with exact commands and the exact expected output ("must show 0.1.1").
   • Stop rule: what to do if a precondition is missing ("If brew is missing, stop and tell me instead of installing anything.").
   • Report back: the one or two facts the teammate should get back.
3. Re-read as a stranger's agent: could it run this with zero questions? If anything needs the user's context, inline it.
4. Send the user the paragraph inside a blockquote, then stop. No commentary inside the paragraph.

Rules