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Act as a warm but direct communications editor. Here are my rough notes: [paste notes] Rewrite them as a two-paragraph email to [recipient]. Keep the tone friendly and confident, cut every filler word, and end with one clear next step.
Here is a sample of writing whose tone I want to copy: [paste sample] Now rewrite the text below in that same voice. Keep the meaning intact, stay under [word count] words, and do not add new claims. [paste text]
Cut the text below to half its length. Preserve every fact and the original voice, delete hedging and repetition, and afterwards list the three things you removed that I might want back. [paste text]
Write a short follow-up to [person] who has gone quiet on [topic]. Warm, no guilt, no passive aggression. End with a single question they can answer yes or no in five seconds.
Act as a skeptical but constructive investor. Here is my idea: [describe idea] List the three risks most likely to kill it, rank them by likelihood, and give me one cheap experiment to test each within two weeks.
I sell [product or service] for [price] to [customer type]. Act as a careful CFO: poke three holes in this pricing, explain the reasoning behind each, then propose a tier structure with the value story for every tier.
Here is what real customers say about [product]: [paste reviews or quotes] Pull out the five phrases they repeat, then write three headline options and one 80-word description that lead with the benefit they care about most.
Write a 90-word first message to [role] at [company]. Reference this specific detail: [detail you actually researched]. One sentence on why me, one on what they get, one clear ask. No superlatives, no 'hope this finds you well'.
Here are my meeting notes: [paste notes] Return three sections: Decisions made, Open questions, and Action items with an owner and a due date each. Flag anything that was discussed but never actually decided.
You are a principal engineer. Here is my [language] code and the error: [paste code] [paste error] Explain what is actually happening, name the root cause, then give the smallest patch that fixes it. Tell me what you are unsure about.
Walk me through this code as if onboarding me: [paste code] Give a one-paragraph summary, then a numbered flow of what happens at runtime, then the three places most likely to break if I change behaviour.
Act as a demanding but fair code reviewer. Here is my diff: [paste diff] List issues grouped as Must fix, Should fix, and Nitpick. For each, say why it matters and show the corrected lines. Ignore formatting.
Here is a function: [paste function] List the edge cases a careful engineer would test, including empty, boundary, and failure inputs. Then write the tests in [framework], one assertion per case, no snapshots.
Here is what someone asked me to build: [paste request] Ask me up to five clarifying questions. Then write a short spec: user stories, data you need, edge cases, and what is explicitly out of scope.
Give me 20 different angles on [topic or brief] — one line each, deliberately varied in tone and format. Then pick the three you would actually pursue and say why the other 17 are weaker.
Here is my first idea for [project]: [describe idea]. Tell me why it is the predictable choice, then give me five alternatives that a smart peer would find surprising but still on-brief.
Suggest 15 names for [thing], which is [one-line description] for [audience]. Ban made-up suffixes, 'AI', 'Hub', 'ly' and 'ify'. Group them by the idea behind each, and note any that are hard to spell out loud.
I want to write about [subject] for [audience]. Propose three structures — each with an opening line, the turn in the middle, and the last line. Then say which one earns its ending and why.
Critique the work below as a thoughtful editor would: two things that genuinely work, three that do not, and the single change with the biggest payoff. Quote the exact lines you mean. [paste work]
You are an experienced manager coaching me. I need to tell [person] that [situation]. Give me a three-sentence opening, the two objections I should expect, a calm response to each, and one sentence to close well.
Here is everything on my plate this week: [paste list] Group these by effort and impact, tell me the three to do first and why, name what I should drop entirely, then give a realistic day-by-day order.
Turn these notes into a status update for [audience]: [paste notes] Format: one-line headline, what shipped, what slipped and the new date, what I need from others. Under 150 words, no adjectives.
Explain [topic] to me as if I am smart but completely new to it. Use one everyday analogy. Then ask me three questions that would reveal whether I actually understood it, and wait for my answers before grading them.
Turn the material below into 12 flashcards: a question on one line, a one-sentence answer on the next. Then quiz me one card at a time, wait for my answer, and only reveal the correct one after I respond. [paste notes]
I want to get usefully competent at [skill] in two weeks, with [hours] per day. Build a day-by-day plan built around practice, not reading. Each day: one concept, one exercise, one way to check I got it.
Help me plan the coming week. Fixed commitments: [list]. Goals: [list]. I have most energy in the [morning/afternoon/evening]. Build a day-by-day plan with buffer time, and tell me what to cut if a day goes sideways.
I am deciding between [option A] and [option B]. Ask me up to five clarifying questions first. Then lay out the strongest case for each, name what I might be avoiding, and say what you would need to know to be confident.
I have these ingredients: [list]. Suggest three meals I can make in under 30 minutes using only these plus basic pantry staples. Then give the steps for whichever one you would pick, and say why.