# Critically review an AI answer before I rely on it

Stress-tests an AI answer for hidden assumptions, missing context, weak reasoning, and the strongest counterargument.

- Topic: Working with AI
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Advanced
- Tags: Analyze, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/critically-review-an-ai-answer-before-i-rely-on-it

## Prompt

```text
Critically evaluate an AI-generated answer before I rely on it. Be a tough, fair reviewer.

**The question I asked:** [PASTE the original prompt or question]
**The AI answer:** [PASTE]
**What I'll use it for:** [DECISION or DELIVERABLE, and how much is at stake]
**Context the AI may not have had:** [e.g. our budget, history, team, market, constraints]

Review it for:
1. **Fit** - does it actually answer my question, or a slightly different, easier one?
2. **Assumptions** - list every assumption it makes, stated or implied, and rate each as reasonable / questionable / wrong for my situation.
3. **Missing context** - what it ignores or could not know that would change the answer.
4. **Weak reasoning** - leaps in logic, vague generalities, one-sided framing, or advice that sounds good but doesn't hold up.
5. **Strongest counterargument** - the best case against the answer's main conclusion, argued properly.
6. **What would change the conclusion** - the facts or conditions that would make this the wrong answer.

Return:
1. A verdict in one line: rely on it / use with changes / don't use.
2. A table: Issue | Where (short quote) | Type (assumption / missing context / weakness) | Severity | Fix.
3. The strongest counterargument in one paragraph.
4. An improved version of the answer's key conclusion, or the follow-up questions I should ask.

Don't nitpick wording; focus on what changes the outcome. Flag factual claims that need checking, but don't present your own corrections as certain without a source.
```

## What to fill in

- PASTE the original prompt or question
- PASTE
- DECISION or DELIVERABLE, and how much is at stake
- e.g. our budget, history, team, market, constraints

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