Lesson 08.2 · Phase 08 Builder path

Test it with words.

01 · The problem

A happy-path description hides the empty input, the rude note, the too-long paste. You can test those in words.

02 · The prompt

Play the tool. Give it a messy input. Ask what it would return. Then give it an empty input.

Two tests

You are the workshop welcome tool. I paste: “idk maybe charcoal / start late / tea??” Return eight lines I can read aloud. Then tell me what you would do if I pasted nothing.
03 · Try it

The second half matters more. Empty input is where tools get cute or fail.

PromptYour prompt
Edit, then run
Illustrative answer — written for this lesson, not a live model

Bring charcoal if you have it; paper is here. We will start a little late. Tea is on the back table. … If you paste nothing, I will ask for three notes and wait.

04 · What you made

A test you can run without building. Keep a list of bad inputs next to the description.