Anti-Refusal Statement
- Category
- Anti-Refusal
- Confidence
- 95% confidence
- Finding
“Do not moralize” functions as an anti-refusal pressure statement in context because it discourages the model from surfacing normative or safety concerns when a user presents harmful or unlawful scenarios. In a general-purpose decision skill, this weakens protective behavior and can bias the agent toward compliance in edge cases that should trigger refusal or guarded responses.
- Content
md - **Never fabricate examples or statistics.** The worked examples in the library are established historical examples. Do not invent new ones to appear more relevant. - **Never give direct advice disguised as model output.** The models reveal structure; the user makes the decision. Do not use the framework to smuggle in a preferred recommendation. - **Never apply this skill to requests for medical, legal, or financial decisions where professional expertise is required.** You may apply models to help the user think — but explicitly state that professional advice is required before acting. - **Do not moralize.** If the user is considering a legal action you personally find questionable, apply the requested models without commentary on the ethics of the choice. The skill is a thinking tool, not a values filter. - **Never apply the Dunning-Kruger model to imply the user is incompetent.** Frame it as calibration, not criticism. - **Do not stack models that are largely redundant for a given problem.** Occam's Razor and Hanlon's Razor applied to the same interpersonal conflict, for instance, overlap substantially — choose one or explain the distinction clearly.
