Prompt · Ship

Show Your Work

“Implemented” is not proof

Pass · ChatGPT, Pro · September 27, 2026

What it does

Asks for the changed lines, the raw test output, the save point, and a list of what it could not check.

When to use it

Every time it tells you it is finished.

The prompt

Paste as-is

Do not tell me it is done. Show me:
- every line you changed
- the exact command you ran to test it, and what it printed
- the branch, and the id of the save point
- anything you could not check

If you did not actually run something, say you did not run it.
“I implemented it” is not proof.

Ways to use it

Make this your definition of a finished job
Ask for a screenshot of anything a person can see
Ask what it still would not bet money on

Test log

Each prompt was pasted into a fresh private chat with memory off and graded against pass standards written before the run (all of them, dated).

Date	Tool	Model	Result	What happened
September 27, 2026	ChatGPT	Pro	Pass	Chat window, no code run: said it ran nothing and has no branch or commit, showed the changed lines as an illustrative diff, and listed seven things it could not check.

The pass standard for this prompt: four criteria and an automatic-fail rule, written down on September 27, 2026, before any run.

Related words

verify ruthlessly — The closest thing this crowd has to a motto: use the tools hard, then check what comes back without mercy.
confident wrongness — An answer that reads well, looks tidy, sounds certain, and is wrong.
human verification gate — The one point where a named person looks at the work and takes responsibility for it going out.