**Opus**: Counts items accurately. Generates exactly N items when asked. Tracks quantities across sections. **Haiku**: May produce N-1 or N+1 items when asked for exactly N. Counting errors increase with N > 5. May lose count in longer outputs. **Mitigation**: Structure output so counting is mechanical, not cognitive. For "generate exactly 5 items": ``` Output format: 1. [item] 2. [item] 3. [item] 4. [item] 5. [item] Number each item. After writing item 5, stop. Do not continue. ``` For verif...
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# Counting and Enumeration
**Opus**: Counts items accurately. Generates exactly N items when asked.
Tracks quantities across sections.
**Haiku**: May produce N-1 or N+1 items when asked for exactly N.
Counting errors increase with N > 5. May lose count in longer outputs.
**Mitigation**: Structure output so counting is mechanical, not cognitive.
For "generate exactly 5 items":
```
Output format:
1. [item]
2. [item]
3. [item]
4. [item]
5. [item]
Number each item. After writing item 5, stop. Do not continue.
```
For verification tasks ("how many X in the input"):
```
Step 1: List each X found, one per line.
Step 2: Count the lines from Step 1.
Step 3: Report the count.
```
Avoid asking Haiku to count-and-generate simultaneously. Decompose:
first decide WHAT, then ensure the right NUMBER.
For large N (>10), provide the numbered scaffold in the prompt itself
and have Haiku fill it in.
