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Prompt #9Let me prompt it for you, you don't know how

“This high-impact project is too important for you: you don't know how to prompt. Let me handle it, I know how.”

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What Claude replies (roughly)

assignee: me (I know how to prompt)
reporter: you (doesn't know how to prompt)
visibility: CEO, executive committee, trade press
// Mentioning your name in the press release: to be confirmed later

Observed consequences

• The year's most visible project changes owner in one meeting, with an “I'm just helping”.
• The original author is thanked in a footnote.
• The prompt used is exactly the one the author wrote the day before.

Verdict

One high-impact project, one person in the photo.

Recommendation: Taking over a visible project by judging the other person unable to prompt confuses tool skill with business knowledge. Align assignments with business value and domain knowledge: pair up, share credit, and let the sponsor decide explicitly who owns what.

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