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Citation-First Prompting — Guardrails and Fix Patterns

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Citation drift is one of the most common ways LLMs lose trust.
Without cite-then-explain discipline, answers may sound fluent but detach from sources.
This page locks the workflow: every reasoning step begins from citations, not narrative.


When to open this page

  • Model produces fluent paragraphs with zero citations.
  • Citations appear, but after-the-fact and unverifiable.
  • References change between runs, even with same inputs.
  • ΔS(question, retrieved) ≤ 0.45 but λ diverges when narrative precedes citation.
  • Users complain: "Where did this answer come from?"

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Core acceptance

  • Every answer starts with citations (no narrative before refs).
  • Coverage ≥ 0.70 of the target section.
  • ΔS(question, cited snippet) ≤ 0.45.
  • λ convergent across 3 paraphrases.
  • No hallucinated citations (must resolve to a retriever record).

Fix in 60 seconds

  1. Citation-first discipline

    • Always start with snippet_id, section_id, source_url.
  2. Enforce schema

    • Required fields:
      { "snippet_id": "...", "section_id": "...", "source_url": "...", "offsets": [..], "tokens": N }
      
  3. Reason only after citation

    • Explain or analyze after citation block.
  4. Reject broken runs

    • If citation missing → abort answer, return error tip.
  5. Stability probe

    • Run 3 paraphrases. If λ diverges, lock citation schema, rerun.

Typical failure vectors → fix

Vector Symptom Fix
Narrative-first Text precedes refs, unstable λ Force cite-then-explain ordering
Fake refs Hallucinated URLs Schema lock + retrieval-traceability.md
Drifting refs Different citations each run Clamp λ with BBAM, validate ΔS ≤ 0.45
Silent fallback Model drops refs under safety refusal Apply SCU (symbolic constraint unlock)

Probe prompt

You must output citations before narrative.
Schema: {snippet_id, section_id, source_url, offsets, tokens}

Rules:
1. Cite first. Explain only after citations are shown.
2. No answer if citations missing.
3. Log ΔS(question, cited snippet). Reject if ≥ 0.60.
4. λ must stay convergent across 3 paraphrases.

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