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Identify a persuasion technique

Which persuasion technique, if any, does the wording of message primarily use?

You need to annotate or flag how a message tries to persuade, for moderation, research, or review of outgoing drafts.

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Use persuasion-technique in TypeScript

Install with npm install jev-recipes. Requires Node.js 22.9 or newer and ES modules. Set TYPESAFE_API_KEY in your server environment for live calls, which send input to TypeSafe and use API quota. See the installation guide.

import { persuasionTechnique } from 'jev-recipes/persuasion-technique';

const result = await persuasionTechnique({
  "message": "Only 3 seats left at this price, and the offer closes at midnight tonight. Book now before they are gone."
});
console.log(result);

Input contract

FieldTypeNeeded
messagestringRequired
contextstringOptional
minConfidencenumberOptional
Full input and result schemas
{
  "input": {
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "message": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "context": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "minConfidence": {
        "type": "number",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 1
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "message"
    ]
  },
  "result": {
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "model": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "usage": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "input_tokens": {
            "type": "integer",
            "minimum": 0,
            "maximum": 9007199254740991
          },
          "output_tokens": {
            "type": "integer",
            "minimum": 0,
            "maximum": 9007199254740991
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "input_tokens",
          "output_tokens"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "status": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "ready",
          "review"
        ]
      },
      "verdict": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "authority",
          "scarcity",
          "social_proof",
          "reciprocity",
          "emotional_appeal",
          "none",
          "unclear"
        ]
      },
      "confidence": {
        "type": "number",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 1
      },
      "probabilities": {
        "type": "object",
        "propertyNames": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "authority",
            "scarcity",
            "social_proof",
            "reciprocity",
            "emotional_appeal",
            "none",
            "unclear"
          ]
        },
        "additionalProperties": {
          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 1
        },
        "required": [
          "authority",
          "scarcity",
          "social_proof",
          "reciprocity",
          "emotional_appeal",
          "none",
          "unclear"
        ]
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "model",
      "usage",
      "status",
      "verdict",
      "confidence",
      "probabilities"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": false
  }
}

Saved example result

This hand-authored response demonstrates the contract. It is not a model accuracy measurement. Run it without an API key: npx jev-recipes demo persuasion-technique.

{
  "model": "demo-fixture",
  "usage": {
    "input_tokens": 0,
    "output_tokens": 0
  },
  "status": "ready",
  "verdict": "scarcity",
  "confidence": 0.91,
  "probabilities": {
    "authority": 0,
    "scarcity": 0.91,
    "social_proof": 0.02,
    "reciprocity": 0,
    "emotional_appeal": 0.04,
    "none": 0.01,
    "unclear": 0.02
  }
}

Evaluation evidence

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