Estimation Sanity Check
# Estimation Sanity Check
## Situation
An engineer or team gave you an estimate and you're about to commit it upward — but you want to pressure-test it against the actual code and scope first. You want the hidden work, the optimistic assumptions, and a realistic range with a confidence level.
## The Promptwhen to use it
Community prompt sourced from the open-source GitHub repo shiphrahx/AI-for-engineering-leaders (MIT). A "Estimation Sanity Check" style prompt — adapt the placeholders and specifics to your task. Imported as-is and not independently retested here, so check the output before relying on it.
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shiphrahx/AI-for-engineering-leaders · MIT
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