Your institution's data classification policy, read once and applied always
Lesson 6 of 6 · What you cannot paste
1 · Learn the move · Template pattern
Your institution already wrote the answer to most paste questions - it is called the data classification policy, it defines three or four tiers, and almost nobody in the building has read it. The move is to read it once, properly, and convert it into a routing template you can apply to any file in thirty seconds: tier, allowed destinations, and who to ask when the tier is unclear. The model's job is the conversion - policy prose in, decision template out - plus a dry run against real files, described, never pasted. Two cautions carry the lesson. First, check before pasting the policy itself: most classification policies are public or internal-low, but confirm, because a policy document with internal system names in it has a tier too. Second, the template inherits the policy's authority, not the model's - when the template and a person disagree, the person who owns the policy wins, and the template gets corrected.
Convert my institution's data classification policy into a routing template. I have confirmed this policy text is shareable; here it is: [paste or summarize policy]. Template shape: for each tier - NAME, WHAT LIVES HERE (research examples, not just admin ones), ALLOWED DESTINATIONS for AI tools per our policy, WHO DECIDES when unclear. Then dry-run it: I will describe five real files, and you state tier-per-the-template or UNCLEAR - ASK [named office], never a guess. Files: [five descriptions]
2 · Your turn. You write the prompt
Your institution's policy defines four tiers with administrator examples - payroll, student records - and nothing that looks like a lab. Your five most-touched files are a reagent inventory, an unpublished RNA-seq counts matrix, a sponsor's compound list, a de-identified-by-someone survey export, and your own analysis scripts. Write a prompt that turns the policy into a template and routes all five.
Remember: the AI sees only your prompt, not this page. If the situation isn't in your prompt, it doesn't exist.
Optional. These shape the output when you run your prompt below, not your score.