Negative Prompting

Format: Improve output by telling the AI "what not to do."

Comparison:

Positive instructions only:
"Write a user registration API"

With negative instructions:
"Write a user registration API.
Do not:
- Do not use var (use const/let)
- Do not hardcode any values
- Do not use console.log
- Do not omit error handling
- Do not use the any type (TypeScript)
- Do not do more than one thing per function
- Do not use callback functions (use async/await)"

Exercise: Write a "do not" list for the following tasks:

1. Design a login page
2. Write a product introduction
3. Create a REST API
4. Design a database schema