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Check whether a prompt's approach actually generalizes to a new use case
I want to reuse the approach from this prompt, which works well for original_use_case, for a new use case: new_use_case. Before I just copy-paste and swap topic words, check whether the underlying approach actually generalizes. Given the original prompt: original_prompt
1. Identify what made the original prompt's approach effective (a specific reasoning structure, a particular constraint, an output format) separate from the topic-specific content, so we know what's actually being reused.
2. For the new use case, check whether the same structural approach is actually appropriate, or whether the new task has different characteristics (different failure modes, different stakes, different ambiguity patterns) that would make a naive copy underperform.
3. If it generalizes well, adapt the prompt and explain what changed versus what stayed structurally identical.
4. If it only partially generalizes, identify the specific part that needs to be different and why, don't force-fit the original structure where it doesn't apply.
5. If it doesn't really generalize (the tasks are more different than they first appear), say so plainly rather than producing a superficially-adapted prompt that will underperform, and suggest what a prompt actually suited to the new use case would need instead.
Original prompt and use case: original_prompt / original_use_case
New use case: new_use_case