What is Constraint?
A hard rule you add to a prompt that limits what the AI is allowed to do. Constraints prevent the AI from going off-script.
limit switch hit · pen held inside the rule
A constraint in a prompt...
Write it in your own words in the app.
In real work
Add this constraint: use only Tailwind classes. No inline styles. No custom CSS. No third-party animation libraries.
In the illustration
The pen heads for the edge of the sheet, trips the limit switch and stops; it can draw anywhere inside the stops and nowhere outside them.
Add a constraint to the release notes prompt in your model: no feature may be mentioned unless it is in the changelog file I attach.
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