Relational Prompting is built around layered, cognitively safe interactions.
That means:
Three-layer answers: direct response, alternative frames, and epistemic ambiguity
Loop protection: end conditions, reflective checkpoints, rumination interrupts
Resonance check: truth vs. satisfaction differentiation
Role-flipping: AI as challenger, mirror, witness, archivist, and more
Sample Prompts:
“Tell me what I’m not asking.”
“What part of this answer is comforting but possibly false?”
“Hold tension between my stated goal and my actual behavior. What do you see?”
This is dialogic design—not just prompt engineering.