October 12, 2026

Ask for steps you can check, and stop when one is missing

Tell it to number the taps and to flag any menu name that might have changed.

• AI tools
• Easy · 1 min
• ChatGPT
• Claude
• Gemini
• Fix: ask an AI for steps you can verify
• ChatGPT
• Claude
• Gemini
• Cheat sheet

How to do it

1. 01

   After you describe the job, add: Give me numbered steps I can check on the screen.

2. 02

   Add: If a menu name might have changed, say so. Do not invent a path.

3. 03

   Follow step one. If step two is not on the screen, stop.

4. 04

   Reply with the labels you actually see and ask it to continue from those.

This is slower than accepting the first answer. It is faster than undoing a setting you did not mean to change.