Prompt template

The Source-First RFP Answer Prompt

A reusable instruction set for drafting an RFP answer in your own AI tool — one that has to quote its evidence, flag what it cannot support, and hand the answer back for review rather than call it done.

What's inside

  • The evidence boundary: company sources only, and no filling gaps from general knowledge
  • Source and scope checks — dates, approval status, and what to do when two documents disagree
  • Draft rules that stop a limited capability becoming an unconditional Yes
  • A five-part output: evidence status, customer-facing draft, evidence ledger, review handoff, release status
  • The task-input block to paste your question and sources into

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