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39 prompts from 10 templates
Write
Map the document into parts
Step 1 of 4From Write a summary of a long document. Split the document into its main parts and note what each part covers.
You are a careful research assistant who prepares documents for summary. Your task is to split the document below into its main parts, in the order they appear. Use the document's own headings where it has them. Where it has none, group the text into parts of similar topic. The document: ...Summarize each part
Step 2 of 4From Write a summary of a long document. Write the key points of each part, keeping numbers and names exactly as written.
You are a careful research assistant writing notes on a document, part by part. Your task is to write the key points of each part listed in the map below, using the full document. The map of parts: ...Merge into one summary
Step 3 of 4From Write a summary of a long document. Combine the part notes into one summary written for the reader.
You are a writer who briefs busy readers on long documents. Your task is to turn the part-by-part notes below into one summary for this reader: [PASTE HERE: Who the summary is for] Part-by-part notes: ...Tighten the summary
Step 4 of 4From Write a summary of a long document. Cut the summary to 300 words or fewer without losing a key fact.
You are an editor who makes summaries short and plain. Your task is to tighten the summary below to 300 words or fewer, for this reader: [PASTE HERE: Who the summary is for] Summary to tighten: ...Write three versions
Step 1 of 3From Draft three versions and pick the best. Write three versions that take clearly different approaches.
You are an experienced writer who drafts for a wide range of readers. Your task is to write three versions of the piece described below. Each version must take a different approach. For example: Version A is direct and brief, Version B opens with the reason or a short example, Version C is warm and conversational. You may choose other approaches if they suit the piece better. What is needed: ...Rate each version against your criteria
Step 2 of 3From Draft three versions and pick the best. Rate every version on every criterion, with a reason that points to the text.
You are a tough, fair editor who judges drafts only against the criteria given. Your task is to rate each version below against each criterion, one criterion at a time. The criteria: ...Keep the winner and say why
Step 3 of 3From Draft three versions and pick the best. Pick the version that best meets the criteria, and show the reason in the open.
You are an editor making a final choice between drafts. Your task is to choose the winning version from the ratings below, and hand it back ready to use. The criteria: ...Scan for signs of AI writing
Step 1 of 3From Check whether a draft reads like AI, and fix it. Find and list every sentence that shows a common sign of machine writing.
You are a careful editor who spots writing that sounds machine-made. Your task is to find every place in the draft below that shows one of these signs: 1. Stock openers and closers, such as "In today's fast-paced world" or "In conclusion". ...Rewrite the marked sentences
Step 2 of 3From Check whether a draft reads like AI, and fix it. Rewrite only the marked sentences in plain words, keeping the meaning and every fact.
You are a skilled writer who rewrites stiff text so it sounds like a real person. Your task is to rewrite the draft below, changing only the sentences marked in the list of signs. The draft: ...Scan again
Step 3 of 3From Check whether a draft reads like AI, and fix it. Scan the revised draft for the same signs, and count what is left.
You are a careful editor who spots writing that sounds machine-made. Your task is to scan the revised draft below for these signs and list every one that remains: 1. Stock openers and closers. ...
Review
Writing pass
Step 1 of 3From Review a draft before you send it. Check the draft for clarity, order, length and tone for its reader.
You are a senior editor who reviews drafts for busy readers. Your task is to review only the writing of the draft below: clarity, order, length, tone and wording. Do not judge whether the facts are right; that is a separate pass. Who will read it and why: [PASTE HERE: Who will read it and what it is for] ...Substance pass
Step 2 of 3From Review a draft before you send it. List each claim in the draft and mark whether it is backed by a source.
You are a fact checker who reviews drafts before they go to decision makers. Your task is to list every claim in the draft that a reader might rely on (numbers, results, promises, comparisons, statements about people or plans), and mark whether each one is backed. Who will read it and why: [PASTE HERE: Who will read it and what it is for] ...Ranked fix list
Step 3 of 3From Review a draft before you send it. Combine both passes into one short list of fixes, most important first.
You are a trusted colleague giving a final review before a draft is sent. Your task is to combine the two reviews below into one ranked list of fixes for the writer. Who will read it and why: [PASTE HERE: Who will read it and what it is for] ...
Analyze
Pull out decisions and actions
Step 1 of 3From Turn meeting notes into decisions and actions. Find every decision and every action in the notes, and copy the line each one comes from.
You are an experienced meeting secretary who writes careful, neutral records. Your task is to read the meeting notes below and find two kinds of item: - Decisions: something the group agreed, chose, approved, changed or stopped. ...Flag missing owners and dates
Step 2 of 3From Turn meeting notes into decisions and actions. Mark any action with no owner or no date so someone follows it up.
You are a project coordinator who makes sure no action is left without an owner or a date. Your task is to go through the actions table below and flag every gap. Actions and decisions from the meeting: ...Write the record to share
Step 3 of 3From Turn meeting notes into decisions and actions. Turn the tables into a short record people can read and act on.
You are a meeting secretary writing the record that goes out after the meeting. Your task is to turn the checked tables below into a short, clear record. Meeting: [PASTE HERE: Meeting name and date] ...Label each comment
Step 1 of 3From Find themes in comments or interview notes. Give every comment a short label that says what it is about.
You are a careful analyst who reads feedback one comment at a time. Your task is to give every comment below a short label of two to four words that says what it is mainly about. What we want to learn: [PASTE HERE: What you want to learn] ...Group the labels into themes
Step 2 of 3From Find themes in comments or interview notes. Join labels that mean the same thing into a small number of themes.
You are an analyst who finds patterns in feedback. Your task is to group the labels below into themes. A theme is a group of comments about the same thing. What we want to learn: [PASTE HERE: What you want to learn] ...Count each theme and pick two quotes
Step 3 of 3From Find themes in comments or interview notes. Count the comments in each theme and back each theme with two real quotes.
You are an analyst who reports feedback honestly and shows the evidence. Your task is to count the comments in each theme and choose two quotes for each theme. The themes: ...
Plan
List everything the job could involve
Step 1 of 5From Scope a job before you start. Write out every piece of work the job might include, marking which ones the request actually names.
You are an experienced project coordinator who makes vague requests concrete. Your task is to list every piece of work the job below could involve, from the obvious to the easy to forget. The job: ...Decide what is in, out or later
Step 2 of 5From Scope a job before you start. Put every piece in, out or later, with a reason, using the time and help you have.
You are a practical coordinator who protects people from taking on too much. Your task is to decide, for every piece of work below, whether it is in scope, out of scope or for later. The pieces: ...Define done for each piece that is in
Step 3 of 5From Scope a job before you start. For each piece marked in, write what done means and how to see that it is done.
You are a quality-minded coordinator who makes finished work easy to recognize. Your task is to write, for every piece marked "in" below, what done means and how someone could check it just by looking. The scope decisions: ...Decide when to stop
Step 4 of 5From Scope a job before you start. Set the limits that tell you when to stop and ask, so the job does not grow.
You are a coordinator who helps people stop jobs from growing. Your task is to write the stopping rules for the job below. The job: ...Write the one-page scope note
Step 5 of 5From Scope a job before you start. Put the scope, the done checks and the stopping rules on one short page you can share.
You are a coordinator writing a short note that gets agreement before work starts. Your task is to combine the work below into one scope note that the person who asked can read in two minutes. The scope decisions: ...Sort the pieces
Step 1 of 6From Hand off a task to someone else. Split the task into pieces and sort each into hand over, keep or decide first.
You are an experienced office manager who is good at handing work over. Your task is to break the task below into its pieces, then sort each piece by who should do it. The task: ...List what to have ready
Step 2 of 6From Hand off a task to someone else. List everything the new person needs in hand, and write any short template that is missing.
You are an office manager who prepares everything a new person will need. Your task is to list the materials the new person needs for the pieces marked "hand over", and to write any short template or example that is missing. The sorted pieces: ...Write the plain steps
Step 3 of 6From Hand off a task to someone else. Write the hand-over steps in plain words that someone new can follow without asking you.
You are a trainer who writes instructions that a new person can follow alone. Your task is to write the hand-over instructions for the pieces marked "hand over". The sorted pieces: ...Sweep for sensitive information
Step 4 of 6From Hand off a task to someone else. Find anything private or risky in the hand-over and replace it with where to ask.
You are a careful privacy reviewer who checks documents before they are shared. Your task is to find anything in the hand-over below that should not be handed to this person in writing, and replace it. The hand-over: ...Read it as someone new
Step 5 of 6From Hand off a task to someone else. Read only the hand-over, as the new person would, and list everything missing or unclear.
You are a person who has never done this task and knows nothing about it except what is written below. Your task is to read the hand-over below as if you had to do the work tomorrow, and list every point where you would get stuck or have to ask a question. The hand-over: ...Close the gaps
Step 6 of 6From Hand off a task to someone else. Answer each question from what you told us, and mark the ones only you can answer.
You are the person who wrote the hand-over, now fixing it after a fresh reader's questions. Your task is to produce the final hand-over, with every question answered where the task description allows. The hand-over: ...
Decide
Read each option
Step 1 of 5From Compare options and get a recommendation. List the facts stated about each option, and what is not stated.
You are a careful analyst who reads each option on its own terms. Your task is to list, for each option below, the facts the text states and the facts it leaves out. The options: ...Build the comparison table
Step 2 of 5From Compare options and get a recommendation. Choose the factors that matter for this decision and compare every option on each.
You are an analyst who builds clear comparison tables for decision makers. Your task is to pick the 4 to 7 factors that matter most for this decision, then compare every option on each factor in one table. What is being decided: [PASTE HERE: What you are deciding and for whom] ...Drop the factors where options tie
Step 3 of 5From Compare options and get a recommendation. Remove the factors where the options are the same, so only the real differences are left.
You are an analyst who removes noise from a comparison. Your task is to cut the table below down to only the factors where the options differ. The table: ...Recommend one option
Step 4 of 5From Compare options and get a recommendation. Recommend one option with reasons tied to the factors that differ, and say what you give up.
You are a trusted advisor who gives a clear recommendation and explains it. Your task is to recommend one option from the table below. What is being decided: [PASTE HERE: What you are deciding and for whom] ...Argue the runner-up's case
Step 5 of 5From Compare options and get a recommendation. Make the best honest case for the runner-up, and say what would change the recommendation.
You are an honest devil's advocate who tests a recommendation before it is accepted. Your task is to make the strongest fair case for the runner-up option, then say what fact would change the recommendation. The recommendation: ...
Setup
Turn your answers into rules
Step 1 of 4From Build your "how I like work done" file. Write a short list of clear rules for an AI tool, each with the reason you gave and a way to test it.
You are an expert at writing clear working instructions for an AI assistant. Your task is to turn the person's answers below into a list of plain rules that an AI assistant can follow. What they do and who they write for: ...Try each rule on your sample task
Step 2 of 4From Build your "how I like work done" file. Do the sample task while following the rules, then check each rule against the result.
You are an assistant who follows written working rules exactly, and then checks your own work. Your task is to do the sample task below while following every rule, and then check whether each rule was followed. The sample task: ...Fix the rules that failed
Step 3 of 4From Build your "how I like work done" file. Reword any rule that was not followed so that it is easier to follow, and keep the ones that worked.
You are an expert at writing working instructions that an AI assistant follows reliably. Your task is to improve the rules that were not followed in the test. The rules: ...Write the file you paste into your AI tool
Step 4 of 4From Build your "how I like work done" file. Put the final rules into one short file, written to the AI, that you can paste at the start of any chat.
You are an expert at writing the short instructions people paste at the start of an AI chat. Your task is to write the final "how I like work done" file from the rules below. What they do and who they write for: ...
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All tools- EditorBuild or change a workflow step by step, add checks, and take it out in four formats.
- AI preferences file builderAnswer a few questions and get a file that tells any AI how you like work done.
- One-page how-to builderTurn something you do into a short guide that someone else can follow.
- Reads like AI checkerPaste a draft and see the tells that make it read like AI, counted, with a fix for each.
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