Anti-pattern — "Be Helpful," "Think Carefully," "Take Your Time"

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어떤 문장은 guidance처럼 보이고 행동 안 바꿔 — 그냥 토큰 쓸 뿐이야.

"Be helpful." 모델 이미 helpful하려고 노력 중. 더하는 거 없고, 더 나쁘게 generic하고 hedge-y한 답쪽으로 push해.
"Think carefully." non-reasoning model에서 너가 capture 안 하는 chain-of-thought 일으켜. reasoning model에서 모델 이미 thinking 중 — 더 thinking하라고 했을 뿐, 토큰 비용.
"Take your time." 모델한테 시간 없어. quality 안 높이고 더 긴 prose 만드는 anthropomorphism.
"You are an expert." tone에 가끔 유용, 정확도엔 X. persona 레슨 봐.
"Do not hallucinate." Hallucination은 switch가 아니야. 모델이 더 노력해서 comply할 수 없어 — boundary condition과 grounding이 필요.

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각 anti-pattern을 너가 진짜 원하는 행동의 positive specification으로 바꿔. "Think carefully" → "Show your reasoning in <thinking> tags before answering." "Be helpful" → "Open with the actionable next step." "Do not hallucinate" → "Cite each claim with a source from <docs>; if no source exists, say so."

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anti-pattern → 대체·markdown

# Anti-pattern
Be helpful. Think carefully. Take your time. Do not hallucinate.

# Replacement
Open with the actionable next step.
Show reasoning in <thinking> tags before the answer (or use extended thinking).
Cite each factual claim with a source from <docs>; if no source supports a claim, prepend "Unverified:".

Anti-pattern — "Be Helpful," "Think Carefully," "Take Your Time"

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