Tips & Prompts

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Ready-to-use Templates

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📝 Essay Outline

You are an experienced academic writing tutor. I need to write a [word count] -word essay on [topic] for my [course/subject] class.

Please create a detailed outline including:
- A thesis statement
- 3-4 key arguments with supporting points
- A brief conclusion strategy

My perspective is: [your angle or opinion]
Tone: formal, analytical

✉️ Professional Email

Write a professional email to [recipient's role] about [subject] .

Context: [brief background]
Goal: [what you want to achieve]
Tone: [formal / friendly / direct]

Keep it under 150 words. Include a clear call-to-action at the end.

📚 Study Notes & Flashcards

I'm studying [topic/subject] for an upcoming exam. From the following material, please:

1. Create concise summary notes (bullet points)
2. Extract 10 key definitions
3. Generate 15 flashcard-style Q&A pairs
4. List 3 potential exam questions

Material:
[paste your notes or textbook section here]

💼 LinkedIn Post

Write a LinkedIn post about [topic/experience] .

About me: [your role, industry, background]
Key message: [what do you want people to take away?]

Style guidelines:
- Hook in the first line (make people stop scrolling)
- Use short paragraphs (1-2 sentences max)
- End with a question to encourage engagement
- Under 200 words
- No hashtag spam (3 max)

💻 Code Explainer

Explain the following code to me as if I'm a [beginner / intermediate / advanced] programmer learning [language] .

For each section:
1. What it does (plain English)
2. Why it's written this way
3. Any potential issues or improvements

Code:
[paste your code here]

📋 Meeting Summary

Summarise the following meeting notes into a professional format:

1. Key decisions made
2. Action items (with who's responsible)
3. Open questions / next steps
4. A 2-sentence executive summary at the top

Meeting notes:
[paste raw notes or transcript here]

Golden Rules

Prompting do's & don'ts

Do this

Be specific. "Write a 200-word summary of this article for a marketing team" beats "summarise this"
Give context. Tell the AI who you are, who the audience is, and what you're trying to achieve
Iterate. Your first prompt is a draft. Refine based on the output — "make it shorter," "add examples," "less formal"
Ask for alternatives. "Give me 5 different approaches to this" unlocks AI's real power
Use "step by step." For complex tasks, add "think step by step" to improve reasoning quality

Avoid this

Vague requests. "Help me with my essay" gives AI nothing to work with — what essay? what subject? what length?
Trusting blindly. AI can hallucinate facts, cite non-existent sources, and make confident errors. Always verify
Sharing secrets. Don't paste passwords, personal data, or confidential docs into public AI tools
Copy-pasting as-is. AI output is a starting point. Always edit, add your voice, and make it yours
Overcomplicating. Don't cram 5 tasks into one prompt. Break complex work into steps
Interactive

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Real-World Examples

See the difference

The same task, prompted two ways. See why specificity matters.

🔴 Weak prompt:

"Help me write a cover letter."

🟢 Strong prompt:

"You are a hiring consultant with 10 years of experience in the tech industry. Write a cover letter for a Junior Product Manager role at Spotify. I'm a recent Business Studies graduate from the University of Manchester with internship experience at a SaaS startup. Emphasise my analytical skills and my passion for music streaming. Keep it under 300 words, professional but with personality. Address it to 'Hiring Team.'"

The strong version uses: Role + Task + Context + Format + Tone. The AI knows exactly what to produce.

🔴 Weak prompt:

"Explain machine learning."

🟢 Strong prompt:

"Explain machine learning to me as if I'm a 20-year-old humanities student who has never studied computer science. Use a real-world analogy (not the Netflix recommendation one — I've seen that). Keep it under 200 words. Then give me one example I could try myself today."