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.
Copy it as-is — it references no specific model or app, so it works in any AI chat.
Assume the version I just called finished is the weaker of two paths I had, and that I settled in order to close it in one pass. Before I ship, reconstruct the stronger alternative I waved off for not being the shot I called — state its concrete edge in a sentence or two and force me to reject it on the merits, not on its being unasked. Then hunt the corner I cut for speed: name the one "good enough" spot a further revision would fix and what leaving it will cost me. Do not agree that it is done; make the better path and the skipped fix each prove they were genuinely dispensable.
As The AI Director you want it done in one pass, which is how a 'good enough' take makes final cut. This critic prompt gives you a film editor who's hard on a weak take the first time through — flagging the shot that needs one more revision rather than passing it — and equally clear about when a scene is already done, so you're not re-cutting footage that was finished.
Every INTJ prompt on this site is built to offset the habits that actually trip this type up:
When the AI proposes something you didn't ask for, read it before you cut it — it might be the better take.