Module 03: Advanced Prompting
Lesson 03.4: How to Verify Copilot's Answers
Lesson Promise
Use verification prompts and source checks to reduce risk.
Real-World Scenario
Copilot produces a confident answer with numbers, recommendations, and source references, but the user needs to know what is trustworthy.
Core Concept
Verification is not a single prompt. It combines source review, assumption checks, calculation checks, contradiction checks, and human expertise.
Copilot can help identify weak claims, but the user must verify against approved sources where accuracy matters.
Step-By-Step Workflow
- Ask Copilot to separate facts, assumptions, and recommendations.
- Request source references.
- Ask for weak claims.
- Check numbers manually.
- Compare with approved sources.
- Revise with uncertainty labeled.
Prompt Lab
Bad Prompt
Is this right?
Better Prompt
List the facts, assumptions, weak claims, and source checks needed for this answer.
Expert Prompt
Act as a critical reviewer. Audit this Copilot answer for unsupported claims, missing sources, calculation risks, outdated information, hidden assumptions, contradictions, and decisions requiring human review. Then rewrite with uncertainty clearly labeled.
Hands-On Exercise
Audit one AI-generated answer and rewrite it with uncertainty labels.
Deliverable
A verification prompt and reviewed answer.
Advanced Prompting Checklist
Common Mistakes
- Using elaborate prompts that hide a vague business goal.
- Saving prompts without placeholders or update notes.
- Letting Copilot verify itself without checking external or approved sources.
- Treating criticism prompts as negativity instead of quality control.
- Using one prompt pattern for every artifact.
Quiz / Checkpoint
Why is Copilot self-checking not enough?
It can help identify risks, but important facts still need approved source or human verification.
Official Sources To Verify
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