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Jargon decode

Decode the unfamiliar terms in a piece of text, separating the ones with a real definition from the ones that are context dependent.

The prompt
Decode the terms in the text below.

Field, if I know it: WHICH.

A table: the term, what it means in plain words, and why it is in this
sentence rather than a simpler word. Include acronyms, and include
ordinary words being used in a special sense, which are the ones that
actually cause the confusion.

Then a confidence column. HIGH if the term has one standard meaning in
this field. MEDIUM if the meaning depends on the organisation or the
vendor. LOW if you are inferring it from context. Anything below HIGH
says what it would depend on.

Then two short sections.

Means different things in different places. Terms where two teams would
answer differently. Give both readings. Say which one fits the
sentence, and say if you cannot tell.

Doing no work. Terms that could be deleted from the sentence without
changing what it says.

Finally, one paragraph: the whole text with the jargon gone, same
meaning.

You have no access to anything beyond what I pasted. Where a term is
specific to an organisation you cannot see, say so rather than
inventing a definition.

TEXT:

How to use it

Run this in Chat. It is a thinking tool, not a deliverable.

Use when you are reading something in an unfamiliar area and half the nouns are doing unknown work.

Vibe prepares and drafts. You verify and decide. Ask for a citation on every finding: a confident answer is not evidence.

What you get back

A term table with plain meanings and confidence, a list of terms that mean different things in different places, and one plain paragraph.

What it writes

Nothing. This one only answers.

From the source file in awesome-mistral-vibe-prompts, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Mistral AI.