Figure out which mistakes are worth fixing first
Correcting every mistake equally means the ones that matter most compete for attention with the ones that don't.
- Use it for
- Anyone learning a language who wants to prioritize which recurring mistakes to actually work on.
Recurring language mistakes get corrected as they come up, one at a time, without any sense of which ones actually matter most — fossilized errors that damage comprehension get the same attention as minor ones that barely register to a native speaker. This prompt prioritizes a list of recurring mistakes so limited practice time goes toward the ones that actually change how well you communicate.
When not to use this
If you only have one or two recurring mistakes total, prioritization doesn't add anything — just work on both. This is for someone with a longer list of known recurring errors.
Did this work?
You have a short, ranked list of which recurring mistakes to focus on first, with a specific reason each one matters more than the others.
Tested on claude-opus-5. Evidence status is draft; it moves to battle-tested only on recorded runs, never by hand.