Start with AI · Practical guide

Check the answer. Keep your judgement.

Beginner · Published 2026-10-26 · Reviewed 2026-10-05

Tools: Multi-tool
Audience: People getting started with AI
Topic: Start with AI

A magnifying glass beside a business report and pencils

You’ll finish with: a checked response with claims linked to evidence or marked uncertain.

A neat answer can still be wrong. Today, you will catch three kinds of trouble: changed facts, invented details and numbers that do not add up. Nice formatting gets no extra marks.

Set up

Plan for 15 minutes. Keep the supplied evidence visible beside the AI answer. Use a calculator for arithmetic rather than asking the same model to reassure itself.

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Try this example

FICTIONAL PRACTICE MATERIAL
Source: 12 attendees; catering quote AUD 18 per person; delivery AUD 15; dietary responses incomplete. Draft: Lunch for 14 is confirmed at AUD 231, including delivery. All dietary needs are covered.

Do the task

List each factual claim in the draft.
Match each claim to the source and check the arithmetic yourself.
Ask for a correction that preserves what is known and openly marks what is not.

Your reusable prompt

Audit the draft against the source. Return Claim, Supported or unsupported, Reason, Corrected wording. Do not assume a quote is a confirmed booking.

PRACTICE INPUT
Source: 12 attendees; catering quote AUD 18 per person; delivery AUD 15; dietary responses incomplete. Draft: Lunch for 14 is confirmed at AUD 231, including delivery. All dietary needs are covered.

Refine your result

Separate the arithmetic check from the booking and dietary checks. Show the multiplication and addition.

Check the result

12 × 18 + 15 = AUD 231. The total happens to match the 12-person quote, but 14 attendees, a confirmed order and completed dietary information are unsupported.

Save and reuse

Keep the corrected wording and your checking table. Use this check before sharing your next AI-written summary.

Sources and notes

Writing clear prompts Checked 2026-10-05

The practice input and teaching prompt are original 5HO material. Examples are fictional; they are not screenshots or claims of a completed real-world task.
Official documentation supports the relevant product concepts. Setup availability depends on your account; where a guide offers a fallback, it does not prove the connected capability worked.