Start over in a new direction
Using AI
Drop the direction so far, restate the conditions, and get a fresh result that ignores the earlier answers.
Fill the blanks and it copies as you filled it
Drop the direction we've been going and start fresh. Work from the conditions below. - What I was trying to do: - The direction so far and why it isn't working: - This time, these conditions: - Don't refer back to your earlier answers, write this fresh - One result. Don't explain how it compares to the earlier version
0 of 3 blanks filled · anything left blank copies with its brackets
If you've revised three times in the same conversation and it still hasn't landed, use this to restate the conditions and start a new conversation. The longer a conversation runs, the more the whole history is reprocessed every turn, so context built in the wrong direction only costs you. When the part to fix is clear, prompt 48 is cheaper.
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
1.215
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.
A shorter answer, but the same energy band. The measurements are per band, and this much does not cross one.
Reported backfire — Specifying output lengthSpecifying a length longer than needed backfires (a 34% increase in 11% of scenarios)
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.
Assigning a role
44%mean reduction · 95% CI 29–59%
Podder et al. 2026 BP#4 · 19 use cases / 61 prompts
by modelGPT-4o 34%Command R+ 50%Mistral-7B 49%
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