The RCTF Framework

Set the model's persona and expertise. Without a role you get a generic overview. With one you get a practitioner's answer.

Example: "Act as a senior DevOps engineer with Kubernetes experience."

Give the model your specific situation. Without context it guesses. With it, answers are tailored to your actual setup.

Example: "We're on EKS 1.28, using Fargate, pods stuck in Pending."

State exactly what you want. A vague task produces a vague answer.

Example: "Review this Deployment YAML and identify misconfigurations."

Control the output shape. Saves you from reformatting the response yourself.

Example: "Return a numbered list: problem, why it's wrong, the fix."