Tie every line on the settlement statement to a source
Rung 4 of 10 · Constraints + negative instructions
1 · Learn the move · Constraints + negative instructions
The settlement statement is where the whole deal turns into debits, credits, and one cash-to-close number, and it's the easiest place for an AI to do damage: asked to 'check the math,' it will confidently recompute a proration and hand you a wrong figure with total authority. The discipline is the opposite of computing. Tie every line to the document that sets it, the contract price, the proration method, the lender's fee schedule, the deposit already paid, and set up any proration as a formula for your model, never multiplying it out here. The hard negatives do the work: never compute or confirm a proration, a total, or the cash-to-close; never call the statement 'correct' or 'balanced'; and flag any line that doesn't tie to a pasted source rather than assuming it's standard. The settlement agent's figures govern; you are pointing at what each line should trace to, so your review catches the untied line, not the arithmetic.
Review this settlement statement. Tie each line to the contract or fee source, and flag anything that doesn't tie. Don't recompute the numbers. [paste the settlement statement lines and the PSA proration/price terms]
2 · Your turn. You write the prompt
You're reviewing the draft ALTA settlement statement for a $6.4M purchase before closing. You paste the statement's lines (contract price $6,400,000; earnest money credit $210,000; property-tax proration debit to seller; title premium; lender origination fee; recording fees) alongside the PSA terms (§2 price, §6 'taxes prorated as of the Closing Date on a 365-day basis'). You want each line tied to its source and any untied or mismatched line flagged, without the AI recomputing the tax proration or confirming the cash-to-close. Write that prompt.
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