Redline the draft like a sub's quote
Rung 7 of 10 · Refinement loop
1 · Learn the move · Refinement loop
You'd never sign the first quote a sub slides across the tailgate, and you shouldn't send the first draft AI hands you. The loop is the skill: get the draft, make the AI attack its own work, weakest line, anything soft, anything a client could read two ways, then rewrite once. One redline round takes 30 seconds and catches the sentence that would've cost you an argument. Draft one is the sub's opening number. Never send it.
Draft [the email/letter], then redline your own draft like a GC reviewing a sub's quote: flag the weakest sentence, anything that sounds like an apology for doing my job, and anything a client could read two ways. Rewrite once, fixed. Show the final plus your redlines. [details]
2 · Your turn. You write the prompt
You drafted a change-order email for $3,400 of rot repair the demo uncovered, and it reads like you're apologizing for finding rot. Write a prompt that makes the AI redline its own draft before you send it.
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.