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- Front is a question or term, back is the answer or one or two lines
- Number them as a list. Front and back only, no extra commentary0 of 1 blanks filled · anything left blank copies with its brackets
What this prompt does
Compared with asking the same thing without the length and format lines.estimate
Estimated output tokens
700
Asked loosely
320
This prompt
Energy (Wh)
1.215
Asked loosely
0.423
This prompt
Token counts are estimated from character counts, not measured. Energy uses the per-band figures measured by Jegham et al. 2025 as published.
What that saves
15.8 Wh · 5.54 gCO₂e · 74 mL — assuming 20 uses a day
Tap a card for how the conversion was done.
Reported backfire — Specifying output lengthSpecifying a length longer than needed backfires (a 34% increase in 11% of scenarios)
Reported backfire — Specifying output formatA 78% increase in one GPT-4o scenario. The paper classifies this one as apply-selectively
Where these figures come from
We read the prompt to see whether it carries that instruction. The percentages below are published figures for the rule itself, not a measurement of what this prompt saves.
Specifying output length
38.7%mean reduction · 95% CI 29.7–47.7%
Podder et al. 2026 BP#5 · 18 use cases / 57 prompts
by modelGPT-4o 35%Command R+ 49%Mistral-7B 32%
Reduced in every scenario. No backfire reported
Specifying output format
49%mean reduction · 95% CI 37–61%
Podder et al. 2026 BP#6 · 14 use cases / 45 prompts
by modelGPT-4o 40%Command R+ 50%Mistral-7B 57%