.promptrc

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I asked the LLM to analyze my own chat history based on this prompt.

Here’s what it discovered – actual patterns from the way I ask.

Follow the White Rabbit…

Ritual / Mechanism	Purpose	LLM Behavior Implication
Follow the white rabbit...	Marks a mode shift into high-context or metaphoric thinking	Cognitive priming for complexity
Rest in the silent room, so that...	Enforces pause, clears noise before action	Simulates deep work state
Do it until you reach the point of self-discovery as...	Signals reflective closure, not just output ending	Pattern mining becomes part of task conclusion
Do it step by step and ask for confirmation after each...	Makes iteration transparent and traceable	LLM reasons in deltas, not blobs
Be brutally honest...
Blind Spot Analysis for...	Forces critique over compliance	Model becomes adversarial partner, not affirmation loop

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Dev Prompt Patterns

Prompt / Pattern	Why is it used?	When does it occur?	Example from usage	Hidden lesson / implication
Ask before output	Prevent misalignment and irrelevant output	Multi-step or underspecified prompts	“Ask clarifying questions before answering.”	Intent beats guesswork.
Don’t output yet / wait for context	Control flow across longer workflows	Stepwise tasks	“Don’t output yet. I’ll give you the next step.”	Turn-based prompting prevents premature commitment.
Challenge my assumptions	Avoid echo chamber answers and surface bias	Design reviews, audits, strategic decisions	“Don’t mirror me — challenge my thinking.”	Truth hides behind agreement.
Be brutally honest	Forces raw feedback without politeness	Refactor reviews, architecture critique	“Be brutally honest. Tear it apart.”	Feedback without fluff moves faster.
Reflect before answering	Promotes self-checks, depth, and delayed output	After complex code or reasoning generation	“Reflect before answering. What’s missing?”	Thinking ≠ typing. Pause matters.
Add test cases / edge cases	Enforces robustness and avoids happy-path traps	Post-codegen	“Add tests for e.g. null, failure, and recursion cases.”	Defense-first mindset, always.
Show the diff / refactor in steps	Makes changes visible and digestible	All code rewrites	“Show the diff. Step-by-step, no jumps.”	Transparency over magic.
Normalize similar expressions	Pushes abstraction and clarity	Meta-reviews, taxonomy creation	“Merge similar phrasing into one normalized pattern.”	Cognitive compression = clarity.
Extract as markdown / table / list	Improves scanability, memory, and structure	Output formatting	“Return this as a markdown table.”	Structure improves reuse and recall.
Unname this concept	Strips bias-inducing labels	Abstraction, philosophy, onboarding analysis	“Unname this: what is it without the buzzword?”	Naming narrows thinking.
Use production-ready code	Avoids toy/demo examples	All codegen	“Make it prod-safe. Logging, errors, types.”	Real devs write for prod, not playgrounds.
Spot premature optimization	Saves time and prevents complexity drift	Design or early performance tweaks	“Don’t optimize yet. Solve clearly first.”	Simplicity first. Always.
Ask for sources / proofs	Prevents hallucination or empty confidence	Any non-trivial claim	“Show evidence or references.”	Confidence ≠ correctness.
Do it again, but deeper	Stops shallow answers in their tracks	Weak initial output	“Nope. Go deeper, explain decisions.”	First try ≠ final draft.
Prepare before generating	Enforces scope, prevents rambling	Any open-ended task	“Prepare first. Don’t generate until scoped.”	Planning ≠ waste. It’s speed insurance.
Merge context from above	Ensures continuity and avoids repeating yourself	Multi-part workflows	“Incorporate the context above into this next step.”	Memory = leverage.

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You can also combine them:

(change the keywords in the square brackets)

• Deep dive into this research, this is our base for the full solution, so follow the white rabbit until you reached the point of self-discovery as [YOUR_PROJECT_HERE].
• Do a blind spot analysis for [YOUR_RECOMMENDATIONS], be brutally honest, I deal with any kind of feedback and will use it for good.
• Fix it as requested before and show the final files here in the chat, do it step by step and ask for confirmation after each file.
• Do it, but rest in the silent room before you start so you can focus on the frontend style-guide I provided and work with a fresh mind.