Prompting Skills playbook/Module 7 · Safety & privacy

Day 70 / 100 · Safety & privacy · The safe prompting checklist

Five seconds before you send.

Eight questions that cover the whole module. Privacy first, accuracy second, accountability last.

01

Is this tool approved for this data?

02

Any names, IDs or account numbers? Redact.

03

Passwords, keys or secrets? Remove them.

04

Confidential or NDA material? Stop.

05

Have I given it the source to work from?

06

Did I say what to do if it's unsure?

07

Will a human check it before it's used?

08

Could I defend this prompt if it leaked?

Short enough to use. Every time.