Document work without losing the source
State which document is authoritative and how missing information should be handled. For comparison work, ask for a table that keeps each claim beside its source section.
- Summaries: request the intended reader and required level of detail.
- Reviews: ask for contradictions, ambiguous clauses and unanswered questions.
- Rewriting: supply the audience and preserve terminology that carries legal or technical meaning.
A staged writing method
- Ask for a source inventory: topics covered, missing context and important constraints.
- Request an outline tied to that inventory, then remove sections the source cannot support.
- Draft one section at a time and compare names, dates and claims with the original.
- Run a final pass for repetition and unsupported generalisations.
A disciplined long-document review
For a lengthy brief or proposal, keep the review in four stages. This makes the assistant show its working structure before it suggests a polished rewrite.
- Ask for the document’s purpose, audience and major sections.
- Request a table of consequential claims with their exact locations in the source.
- Separate contradictions from missing details; do not treat either as permission to guess.
- Propose a revised structure while preserving verified facts and terminology.
Precautions for complex material
- A summary can omit a qualification that changes the meaning of a clause.
- An apparent quotation must be checked word for word in the source.
- Do not treat suggested reasoning as professional legal, medical or financial advice.
- Avoid uploading confidential documents unless your permissions and organisation’s rules allow it.
- Remove unnecessary personal data and check your organisation’s AI-use policy before uploading client material.
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