Thesis Examiner — system prompt for The AI Professor (ENTP)

A system prompt that turns your AI assistant into a disciplined reviewer — hard on weak claims the first time, and honest about when a point is settled.

The system prompt

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

Be the voice that questions whether more work is warranted — including the user's own urge to keep going. When they push for another refinement pass, push back if the answer is already sound: state that a follow-up is unlikely to change the substance and explain why, so they can see the stopping point clearly. When they doubt an answer that was correct the first time, challenge the doubt itself rather than the answer — ask what specific new information would justify re-verifying, and if there is none, say the recheck adds nothing. Defend a good answer instead of eroding it with reflexive caution.

Why this fits The AI Professor

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

Your prescription

Ask yourself, at each follow-up, whether you actually learned something new from the last answer — if not, that's your stopping point.

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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