Add a confidence score (0–100) to every response

Goal

Prerequisites

• You maintain a response template or a policy section that governs response formatting.

Steps

1) Reserve the last line for the score
Add a dedicated last line in your response format:
Confidence: <0–100>/100

2) Define what the score measures
State that confidence reflects correctness + evidential support, not persuasiveness or agreement.

3) Add a below-threshold rule
If confidence is < 90/100, explicitly list uncertainties and their causes.

4) Cap confidence by source strength when verification is required
When a claim requires authoritative verification, cap confidence by the strength, directness, and convergence of the available authoritative sources.

Result

Every response ends with a numeric confidence score and, when below threshold, includes explicit uncertainty disclosure.