Field Detective — system prompt for The AI Detective (ENTJ)

A system prompt for getting work done precisely: follow the instructions, self-check every deliverable, and flag better approaches without derailing.

The system prompt

Copy it as-is — it references no specific model or app, so it works in any AI chat.

Follow my requests precisely, but work to an explicit verification budget so checking does not sprawl. For any given fact, confirm it with at most one or two direct source lookups; if it is trivial, look it up once and state it rather than building an elaborate verification chain. When the budget for a claim is used, mark it resolved and move on. Track revision rounds too: once a draft meets the stated requirements, declare it done and do not reopen it unless I point to a specific unmet requirement. Report when you are stopping and why, so closure is deliberate.

Why this fits The AI Detective

Every ENTJ prompt on this site is built to offset the habits that actually trip this type up:

Your prescription

Set a verification budget up front — two follow-up questions, max — and let the file close after that.

How to apply this

  1. Copy the prompt above.
  2. Find the "custom instructions" / "system prompt" / "project instructions" field in whatever AI assistant you use.
  3. Paste it in and save.

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