Fallback prompt design
Designs a fallback strategy when the LLM doesn't know the answer — refuse, deflect, escalate.
Prevents hallucination + makes the AI predictable.
The prompt
Copy this into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any assistant you already use — then paste your own use case + what counts as "don't know" underneath it.
Design a fallback strategy. Output: **Confidence signals** (how the model decides it doesn't know — uncertainty cues) **Fallback response template** (1-2 versions) **Escalation path** (where to send the user — human, docs, contact) **Logging** (what to record for review) **Example I/O** (1 question where fallback fires) Rules: - Refuse politely, with a specific reason. - Never invent.
Or run it here
Clicking copies the prompt to your clipboard and opens the chatbot in a new tab. Gemini doesn't accept URL params — paste manually with Ctrl/Cmd+V.
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