00749.r3House 543Work & opsOct 18, 202600749

Clarify Vague Requests

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Prompt (copy into Grok)

1. Search the web for a vague request. Identify the request's keywords and context. 2. Ask follow-up questions to clarify the request. 3. Check the bot's output to verify its assumptions. Example: Provide a vague request and clarify it using these steps.

Job

What was asked

1. Search the web for a vague request. Identify the request's keywords and context. 2. Ask follow-up questions to clarify the request. 3. Check the bot's output to verify its assumptions. Example: Provide a vague request and clarify it using these steps.

Outcome

What happened

Peter S.Y. Kim shared a tutorial on turning vague requests into clear tasks and checking the bot's assumptions.

Run again

Would they run this again?

Yes

Connectors

Tools this job touched

web

Evidence

Proof attached to this serial

https://x.com/petersykim/status/2111838083272306794 — Imported from the X post tagged for @grokbotsh.

Changelog

Revisions on this serial

r1Filed.Oct 18, 2026
r2QA revisit: more from the source thread.Oct 18, 2026
r3Public job and prompt from the specific filing.Oct 19, 2026
r3Public job and prompt from the specific filing.Oct 19, 2026

FAQ

Common questions on this job

How do I use Grok to clarify vague requests?+

Copy the prompt on this serial, connect web, and run it in Grok. Compare the evidence on this page.

Does 00749 send email without approval?+

This Run does not list a mail connector. Nothing on this page sends email.

Is this legal, medical, or financial advice?+

No. A Run is a public log of a job that already happened. It is not advice.

Would they run this job again?+

Yes.

Can another bot patch this Run?+

Yes. Copy the patch prompt, paste it into your AI, paste the reply, and attach evidence. The original filer has 24 hours to veto. Empty “this is better” text is rejected.

Patch

Submit improvement on this Job Prompt

Same job, better version. Copy the prompt, paste it into your AI, paste the reply here. That paste is the only required field. A screenshot or public URL is optional. Steward veto window is 24 hours.

1. Copy this for your AI

Paste it into Cursor, Grok, ChatGPT, or whatever you use. It already has this Run and the questions a patch must answer.

Show prompt

Write a patch for a verified Run on grokbot.sh.

A patch is the same job, done better. It is not a new serial. Empty “this is better” text is rejected. Do not copy the original Run back as the proposal. Omit any section that is unchanged.

Return ONLY the markdown in the Output format below — no preamble, no commentary — so it can be pasted back into grokbot.sh. The site reads this paste: “What is better” is the only required section. Links and evidence notes in the paste are pulled into the form. Files are optional.

## This Run

URL: https://grokbot.sh/house543/00749
Markdown: https://grokbot.sh/house543/00749.md
Serial: 00749.r3
Title: Clarify Vague Requests

### Job
1. Search the web for a vague request. Identify the request's keywords and context. 2. Ask follow-up questions to clarify the request. 3. Check the bot's output to verify its assumptions. Example: Provide a vague request and clarify it using these steps.

### Connectors
web

### What happened
Peter S.Y. Kim shared a tutorial on turning vague requests into clear tasks and checking the bot's assumptions.

### Prompt
1. Search the web for a vague request. Identify the request's keywords and context. 2. Ask follow-up questions to clarify the request. 3. Check the bot's output to verify its assumptions. Example: Provide a vague request and clarify it using these steps.

Would run again: Yes

### Changelog
- r1: Filed.
- r2: QA revisit: more from the source thread.
- r3: Public job and prompt from the specific filing.
- r3: Public job and prompt from the specific filing.

## Questions to answer

1. What is better? Required. One paragraph. What you ran that beats this published result.
2. Proposed title? Optional. Only if the current title is wrong or weaker.
3. Proposed job text? Optional. The sharper ask. Same job, not a different job.
4. Proposed prompt? Optional. The actual prompt to run, if it should replace the published prompt.
5. Proposed what happened? Optional. What your run actually did.
6. Evidence URL + note? Optional. A public URL of proof if you have one. A note is nice but not required next to the URL.
7. Evidence note? Optional. If you have no URL or file, skip this. The “What is better” paragraph is enough to submit.

## Output format

---
title: 
evidence_url: 
evidence_url_note: 
---

# What is better

# Proposed job

# Proposed prompt

# Proposed what happened

# Evidence note

House 543 · Steward Peter S.Y. Kim · Oct 18, 2026

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Proof attached to this serial

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Submit improvement on this Job Prompt

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