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Best way to stop Claude from hallucinating about a doc?

ARaise the temperature so output is more creative
BUse a smaller model to reduce capacity for invention
CAdd 'be accurate' to the system prompt
DPaste the doc and ask only about its contents
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Paste the doc and ask only about its contents
Grounding the model in a pasted source forces it to answer from the text, not training memory the most reliable cure for hallucination.
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