Practical guide · Orange Ink
How to stop ChatGPT hallucinations wrecking work drafts
You will not eliminate hallucinations. You can make them obvious and unshippable. Operators win with constraints and review — not with wishing for a perfect model.
- 01
Ban silent invention in the prompt
“If a fact is missing, write TBD. Do not invent prices, dates, owners, or quotes.” Put it in custom instructions and in each task.
- 02
Provide the only allowed sources
Paste the notes, CRM snippet, or meeting transcript. Tell the model those are the only facts it may use.
- 03
Run an invent-check pass
Ask: list every factual claim and where it came from in my notes. Anything without a source gets cut.
- 04
Keep a human on the send button
No autopilot to clients. The model drafts; you own the outcome.
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