Most operations time goes to the unglamorous middle — the setup, the second draft, the review. The right prompt quietly takes that part off your plate.
Generate options, not answers
Treat the first output as a draft, not a verdict. The prompt does the typing; you keep the judgment about what ships.
- Save the prompt that worked so the next person reuses it
- Ask for three angles, then cut to the one worth shipping
- Keep one ask per prompt — chaining beats cramming
Start with the smallest version
Write down what you never want as explicitly as what you do. The exclusions often do more work than the instructions.
Reuse the recipe
Treat the first output as a draft, not a verdict. The prompt does the typing; you keep the judgment about what ships.
- Keep one ask per prompt — chaining beats cramming
- Name the audience and the single goal before you generate
- Save the prompt that worked so the next person reuses it
Treat the first output as a draft, not a verdict. The prompt does the typing; you keep the judgment about what ships.