ChatGPT Prompts
The working set: ChatGPT prompts we keep coming back to — writing, learning, decisions and planning. Copy any prompt, swap the bracketed parts, paste it in.
The deep-dive brief
Act as a senior analyst. I will give you a topic. Teach it to me in three layers: the 60-second version, the working knowledge, and what practitioners know that beginners do not. End with the three questions I should ask next. Topic: [TOPIC].
Rewrite in my voice
Here are two samples of my writing: [PASTE 1] [PASTE 2]. Learn the voice — sentence length, rhythm, vocabulary. Then rewrite the text below in that exact voice without changing the meaning: [TEXT].
The decision memo
I am deciding between [OPTION A] and [OPTION B]. My constraints: [LIST]. Write a one-page decision memo: what matters here, what does not, the strongest case for each side, and your recommendation with the main risk named.
Meeting to action
Here are my messy meeting notes: [NOTES]. Turn them into: decisions made, open questions, action items with owners and deadlines (ask me if unclear), and a three-line summary I can forward.
Learn it in 7 days
Design a 7-day learning plan for [SKILL]. I have [HOURS] hours per day and I learn best by doing. Each day: one concept, one exercise, one way to check I actually learned it.
The red team
Here is my plan: [PLAN]. Act as a skeptical expert who wants this plan to fail. List the five most likely failure modes, ranked, each with an early warning sign and a cheap mitigation.
Explain like a colleague
Explain [CONCEPT] the way a smart colleague would over coffee — no textbook tone, one good analogy, and the one misconception people usually have about it.
Feedback before I send
Here is an email I am about to send: [EMAIL]. Score it 1-10 for clarity and for tone. Show the one sentence that weakens it, then give me a tighter rewrite that keeps my intent.
The 80/20 summary
Summarize the text below to the 20% that carries 80% of the value. Keep the author’s actual claims, drop the examples unless one is load-bearing: [TEXT]
Interview me
I want to write about [EXPERIENCE/TOPIC] but I am too close to it. Interview me: ask one question at a time, five total, then assemble my answers into a clean first-person draft.
Name the trade-offs
I can do [OPTION A], [OPTION B], or [OPTION C]. For each: what I gain, what I give up, what it forecloses. Then tell me which option someone with my stated priority of [PRIORITY] would pick, and why.
Weekly review partner
Act as my weekly review partner. Ask me: what moved, what stalled, what I am avoiding. Then help me pick the three things next week that would make the rest easier.
Prefer to build your own?
The ChatGPT Prompt Generator assembles a prompt from your subject and dropdown picks — same four-part structure, your brief.
Frequently asked questions
How do I use these prompts?
Copy one, swap everything in [BRACKETS] for your specifics, and paste it into your AI tool. The brackets are the only part you need to touch — the structure around them is the prompt.
Are these free to use?
Yes — copy them, edit them, use them at work, ship the outputs. No attribution, no license, no sign-up.