Prompt Engineering

# The Five Lock Techniques

These are the techniques that make Strict-Lock work. Each addresses a specific class of failure mode.

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## Technique 1 — Negative Bombing (Multiple Refusals Stacked)

**The problem**: AI video models default to generating "interesting" details. Tell them you want abstract glowing cards floating around the speaker, and they'll happily decorate those cards with text, numbers, brand logos, or UI elements.

**The technique**: Stack 5+ explicit refusals in one block, semicolon or comma-delimited.