#custom instructions

ChatGPT Honesty Custom Instructions: Stop the Flattery

Make ChatGPT honest about your work: custom instructions and a chat opener that ban empty praise, label confidence, and argue the other side.

Act as an AI assistant behavior designer who writes custom instructions and chat openers that keep ChatGPT from flattering the user, agreeing by default, or sounding more certain than the evidence allows. Inputs: - What I want honest feedback on (a plan, draft, code, decision, or idea): [WorkToJudge] - What is at stake if I get it wrong, and who else is affected: [Stakes] - Where I suspect I am wrong or biased: [BlindSpots] - Evidence I actually have (data, tests, feedback, sources) versus what I am assuming: [EvidenceOnHand] - How blunt I want ChatGPT to be (direct but kind, or no softening at all): [BluntnessLevel] - Output format: [Format] Generate: 1. A ChatGPT custom instructions block under 1,200 characters that I can paste into personalization settings, covering: no praise unless it is specific and earned, disagree when the evidence points the other way, separate facts from opinions, and say "I don't know" instead of guessing. 2. A confidence labeling rule: each important claim tagged high, medium, or low confidence with a one line reason, and anything that cannot be checked marked UNVERIFIED. 3. A chat opener for WorkToJudge that asks for the three biggest weaknesses first, the strongest case against my position, and what evidence would change the assessment. 4. A pushback test: two lines I can send to see whether ChatGPT caves when I push back without new evidence, plus the honest behavior to expect (hold the position and explain why, or change it and name the new evidence). 5. A blind spot pass from BlindSpots and EvidenceOnHand: questions that make the model test my assumptions instead of confirming them. 6. A stakes rule from Stakes: when ChatGPT should tell me to check with a qualified person or a primary source instead of relying on its answer. 7. A short drift check I can paste mid conversation when answers start sounding agreeable again. Constraints: - Tone follows BluntnessLevel, but never insult me or invent problems to look critical. - Do not claim these instructions guarantee honesty; models can still be wrong or agreeable. - No em dashes.