Make AI answer only from your source, and cite it
Lesson 10 of 10 · AI plays that win deals
1 · Learn the move · Fact-check list
The fastest way AI burns you is a confident answer it invented. When you paste a reference, a licensing sheet, an HOA doc, a contract. The skill is forcing it to answer ONLY from that source, cite the exact line, and say 'not in the source' instead of guessing. That's the difference between a tool you can quote and one that gets you sued.
Compare these two states' real estate licensing requirements and tell me which is easier. [paste the data]
2 · Your turn. You write the prompt
You pasted a two-state licensing sheet, Texas and Tennessee. Into Claude and asked which is faster to get licensed in. You need an answer you can actually rely on: grounded in the sheet, cited, and honest about anything it doesn't cover. Write the prompt that forces that.
Remember: the AI sees only your prompt, not this page. If the situation isn't in your prompt, it doesn't exist.
Optional. These shape the output when you run your prompt below, not your score.