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36 practical, editable prompts in six categories. Replace [PLACEHOLDERS] with your own information, and verify the results.



Research

Verify factual claims

Analyze this claim: [CLAIM]. Separate verified facts, assumptions, and open questions. Suggest primary sources to check. Do not invent links or citations.

Research

Compare two sources

Compare [SOURCE A] and [SOURCE B]. Note agreements, conflicts, missing evidence, and claims that cannot yet be verified.

Research

Build a research brief

Write a research brief on [TOPIC] for [AUDIENCE]. List key questions, types of primary sources, evidence gaps, and next steps.

Writing

Edit for clarity

Rewrite this text in clear, concise US English while preserving factual meaning and uncertainty: [TEXT]. Then explain the main edits.

Writing

Outline an article

Outline a practical article about [TOPIC] for [AUDIENCE]. Address search intent, examples, credible sources, and reader takeaways.

Writing

Simplify jargon

Explain this passage to a beginner using plain language and accurate examples. Preserve important limitations: [TEXT].

Business

Customer support reply

Draft a helpful reply to [CUSTOMER MESSAGE] following [POLICY]. Do not invent benefits, refund rights or deadlines.

Business

Turn notes into tasks

Extract action items from [NOTES], including owner and deadline only when explicitly mentioned. Clearly label unknowns.

Business

Risk assessment

Create a practical risk checklist for [PROJECT], including privacy, security, costs, failure recovery and human oversight.

Learning

Four-week learning plan

Create a four-week beginner plan for [TOPIC] with free practice exercises, 30 minutes a day, and weekly self-tests.

Learning

Concept explainer

Explain [CONCEPT] with a realistic analogy, three common misconceptions, and a short knowledge check.

Learning

Interactive quiz

Ask me five progressive questions about [TOPIC], one at a time. Explain each answer after I respond.

Coding

Safe code review

Review [CODE] for correctness, security, dependencies, edge cases and testing gaps. Do not claim to have run it.

Coding

Test case generator

Propose normal, boundary, negative and abuse-case tests for [FUNCTION SPECIFICATION] with expected behavior.

Coding

Debugging plan

Suggest diagnostic checks for [ERROR] in [ENVIRONMENT], ordered by likelihood. Prioritize reversible and non-destructive fixes.

Automation

Design a workflow

Plan an automation for [PROCESS] including trigger, inputs, permissions, approvals, retries, error handling and audit logs.

Automation

Find automation risks

Audit [WORKFLOW] for duplicate triggers, data exposure, missing guardrails, irreversibility and failure recovery.

Automation

Human approval checklist

Create a human-review gate for [ACTION] specifying what reviewers see, approve, reject and how decisions are logged.

Research

Check a statistic

Review this statistic: [STATISTIC]. Identify the original dataset, year, sample, denominator and likely interpretation errors. Do not assume the figure is correct.

Research

Interview questions

Create eight neutral interview questions for learning about [TOPIC] from [ROLE]. Include follow-up probes and avoid leading wording.

Research

Source reliability

Evaluate these source details: [SOURCE]. Consider authorship, date, evidence, conflicts of interest, and what independent confirmation is needed.

Writing

Draft an FAQ

Draft an FAQ for [TOPIC] based on these verified facts: [FACTS]. Clearly mark anything not covered by the facts.

Writing

Write a useful summary

Summarize [TEXT] for [AUDIENCE] into five actionable points. Preserve caveats and distinguish the author’s claims from evidence.

Writing

Improve a headline

Suggest ten clear, accurate headlines for [ARTICLE SUMMARY]. Avoid clickbait, unsupported claims, and exaggerated certainty.

Business

Customer discovery

Create a discovery-call agenda for [SERVICE] and [CLIENT TYPE] with questions on goals, constraints, budget and decision process.

Business

Project kickoff

Create a project kickoff checklist for [PROJECT] covering roles, scope, milestones, dependencies, risks and approvals.

Business

Decision memo

Draft a one-page decision memo comparing [OPTION A] and [OPTION B] using [EVIDENCE]. Include trade-offs, assumptions and recommendation conditions.

Learning

Flashcards

Turn this verified lesson into twelve question-and-answer flashcards, progressing from definitions to application: [LESSON].

Learning

Practice exercise

Design a small hands-on exercise for [SKILL] using only free tools. Include instructions, expected output and a self-check rubric.

Learning

Explain with examples

Explain [TOPIC] through three realistic examples at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. Flag oversimplifications.

Coding

Security threat model

Build a lightweight threat model for [APP DESCRIPTION]. List assets, entry points, threats, controls and tests; prioritize highest-impact risks.

Coding

Accessibility review

Review this HTML/CSS for keyboard access, semantics, labels, contrast considerations and responsive issues: [CODE]. Note what requires visual testing.

Coding

Document an API

Create developer-facing API documentation from this verified specification: [SPEC]. Cover inputs, outputs, validation, errors and safe usage.

Automation

Failure recovery

Design failure handling for [AUTOMATION], including retries, duplicate prevention, logs, alerts, manual fallback and rollback.

Automation

Reduce manual steps

Assess this repetitive process: [PROCESS]. Identify suitable low-risk automation steps and high-risk steps requiring human approval.

Automation

Data minimization

Review this proposed AI workflow: [WORKFLOW]. Identify data collected, retention needs, access permissions and safer ways to minimize sensitive data.

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