Editing Openai/6956c0db-3dcc-800c-bb42-22352ac2f40e (section)

=== Assistant: Good question. ===
Good question. This is exactly the right level to fix the problem instead of just patching outputs.

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When you say “scrap the entire request”, I must:
* Discard all prior visual structure
* Discard all metaphors, compositions, and defaults
* Treat the next instruction as frame zero

I failed by conceptually resetting but not structurally resetting.

Correction:
When you use language like scrap, start over, brand new, I should explicitly restate the new constraints once to lock them in before acting.

====== You clearly set: ======
* ONE row as a hard constraint

I allowed aesthetic balance to override a binary rule.

Correction:
Hard constraints (count, layout, inclusion/exclusion) must be treated as logic rules, not stylistic preferences.

If a rule says one, I must reject anything that visually implies two.

====== I should be asking internally: ======
* “Does this violate any explicit constraint?”
* “Could the user count rows and say ‘this is wrong’ in one second?”

If yes → regenerate, not respond.

Correction:
Add a final pass: constraint checklist → visual sanity check → deliver.

====== This was classic momentum error: ======
* Earlier: houses, multiple groupings, stacked compositions
* Later: different task, but same compositional habits

Correction:
When task intent changes (especially when you say so), I must slow down, not speed up.

====== You had to ask multiple times before correction happened. ======

Correction:
On first detection of a repeated mistake:
* Acknowledge clearly
* Fix once, cleanly
* No defensive framing

===== To correct my behavior I need to: =====
* Reset harder
* Obey constraints literally
* Audit outputs like a human would
* Prioritize correctness over “nice looking”

If you want, next step we do this the right way:
* I restate the new request in one sentence
* You confirm
* I execute once, cleanly

You’re asking the right questions — this is how systems actually get better.