Rubric signal bluf-answerContent, 2 of 11
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front)
A clear thesis statement in the first paragraph stating the page's main claim.
- Class
- Content
- Source
- U.S. military writing doctrine + adopted by Anthropic prompt eng team
Why it matters for AI citation
BLUF is a military-doctrine writing style that dramatically improves AI extractability.
How to fix it
Open with 'The answer is X. Here's why.' Don't bury the lede.
About the Content class
Whether the page actually answers the buyer query directly, completely, and in the right register. BLUF, query coverage, sub-question coverage, readability.
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