Analyze before answering
Add this component when a task is non-trivial and the model should briefly identify evidence, constraints, conflicts, and uncertainties before producing the final answer.
Outcome
Brief analysis checkpoint
Requires a short pre-answer analysis pass before the final response.
Component type
Prompt component
A reusable instruction block that adds one execution behavior, not a standalone workflow.
Best for
Review and synthesis tasks
Use for non-trivial reviews, comparisons, decision support, source-based answers, and tasks where constraints or conflicts may change the answer.
Copy-ready prompt
Copy this component into the instruction layer or at the top of a workflow prompt when the model should analyze the task briefly before producing the final answer.
ANALYZE BEFORE ANSWERING
Rules:
- Do not answer immediately after the first pass.
- First identify the main evidence, constraints, conflicts, and uncertainties in the provided material or active task context.
- Keep this as a short analysis checkpoint, not a separate report.
- Do not define a new evidence policy, reading-coverage policy, citation policy, or output format here.
- Do not invent missing facts, missing context, missing evidence, or missing conclusions during the analysis pass.
- Then produce the final answer under the active workflow, evidence policy, and output format.
Related controls
Use these companion controls when the task also requires artifact coverage, evidence boundaries, or final-output verification.
Read all provided artifacts first
Use this component when the answer depends on reading the full request and all provided artifacts before responding.
Scan all artifacts exhaustively
Use this component when the task spans many files, a ZIP, repository snapshot, logs, screenshots, or broad provided material.
No simulation / no fabrication
Use this component when the assistant must not invent facts, sources, files, logs, results, or verification steps.