Specificity, Path, Elasticity, Creativity
Updated 2026-08-22
INTRODUCTION
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CORE DEFINITION
SPEC is a prompting framework for getting creative output from a large language model. Specificity sets an ultra-concrete persona and context. Path maps an emotional trajectory the response should travel through. Elasticity keeps boundaries flexible enough for the model to move. Creativity is the licence to produce novel framing. Where a generic role prompt yields formulaic, interchangeable text, SPEC pushes toward personalised narrative with emotional resonance. Some versions of this entry pair it with regret minimisation, a separate long-horizon decision rule, so the two are best treated as distinct tools.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
- Use persona depth: define an ultra-specific persona rather than a generic professional role. - Use emotional path: specify the emotional trajectory the output should travel through. - Use boundary setting: allow creative latitude while still keeping the essential constraints in place.
Anchor fast decisions
Generic role prompts flatten output into interchangeable text. SPEC raises specificity until the persona is concrete, maps an emotional path so the narrative moves rather than states, keeps boundaries elastic enough to permit variation, and grants creative licence, which together move generation from formulaic to personalised and emotionally resonant.
MINIMUM ACTION
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- en.wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_Analysisverified
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