The Zero-Bullshit Protocol – Hallucination-Proof AI Engineering System
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The 'Zero-Bullshit Protocol' is an AI engineering system that applies the Scientific Method to LLMs to prevent hallucinations, and the discussion highlights its potential benefits and the author's extensive work on the project.
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Turns out what we needed was the Scientific Method for LLMs.
→ Forces the model to list every possible hypothesis instead of marrying the first one
→ Stress-tests each hypothesis before writing a single line
→ Refuses to touch files until the plan survives rigorous scrutiny
→ Full audit trail, zero unrecoverable states, zero infinite loops
95%+ hallucination reduction in real daily use.
Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Llama 3.1, local models.
Why this protocol exists (real failures I watched for months):
I watched Cursor agents and GitHub Copilot lie to my face.
They’d say “Done – file replaced” while the file stayed untouched.
They’d claim “whitespace mismatch” when nothing changed.
They’d succeed on two files and silently skip the third.
I tried every model (GPT-4, Claude 3.5, Gemini 1.5, even O3-mini).
Same “False Compliance” every time.
The only thing that finally worked 100 % of the time was forcing the LLM to act like a paranoid senior engineer — never letting it “helpfully” reinterpret a brute-force command.
That’s exactly what this protocol does.
No theory. No agent worship. Just the rules that turned months of rage into reliable output.
You get:
• Full Zero-Bullshit Protocol™ (clean Markdown)
• Quick-Start guide
• Lifetime updates on the $299 tier
$99 → Launch Price (one-time)
$299 → Lifetime Access + all future updates forever
https://gracefultc.gumroad.com/l/wuxpg
If you’ve ever had an AI agent swear it did something it didn’t… this is the fix.
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