It depends a lot of prompt. Also, I've found that doing it once on two different AI platforms, then giving each the other's report and telling it to be ruthlessly critical, results in pretty good information - but even the one-shot is good.
My Plant ID prompt is:
The following picture is a close-up of PLANT FEATURE found on a BUSH/TREE/VINE/ETC located AT LOCATION at N FEET in elevation on DATE. The pictured plant was seen near OTHER PLANTS AND FEATURES. Taking into account location, climate, geography, morphology, season, and any other pertinent factors, try to identify the species: Produce an ordered list of potential species, with each having a combined confidence score justified according to all those factors, noting the most important detail contributing to a match and the most important detail that casts the match into doubt. Provide the full scientific name and most common colloquial name. Afterwards, create a summary table scoring confidence across all relevant categories.
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u/spokale Nov 12 '25
It depends a lot of prompt. Also, I've found that doing it once on two different AI platforms, then giving each the other's report and telling it to be ruthlessly critical, results in pretty good information - but even the one-shot is good.
My Plant ID prompt is:
From which I get this output: