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Separate known, inferred and uncertain

7 min readReliability and Verification

Reliable Claude work depends on keeping facts, inferences and uncertainties separate. This prevents confident unsupported output.

Evidence separation prompt

Analyze the material below and separate your response into: 1. Known from the provided source 2. Inferred from the source 3. Uncertain or missing 4. Needs external verification Material: [paste]

This pattern is useful for research, product decisions, legal-sensitive content, hiring, analytics and technical debugging.