Two slides gave different numbers for the same thing
Looking back over many Hermes Agent sessions, the poster says one of his biggest lessons came from a slide deck where one slide said 14 and another said 10 for the same figure. Now he has the agent show how it got every number and double check them before he sees the result.
The lesson: Ask the agent to show where each number comes from and check them against each other before it hands over the work.
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Before you give me the final version, list every number in it with where it came from (file, page or calculation). Check that the same figure is the same everywhere it appears. If two places disagree, tell me which one is right and why, then fix the other.
Our own prompt, built around the lesson. We haven't run it ourselves. Text in [BRACKETS] is what you replace.
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Original post by @TacticaLJes on X, Oct 22, 2026. We rewrote it in our own words. Check the original for the full context.
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