Most data work time goes to the unglamorous middle — the setup, the second draft, the review. The right prompt quietly takes that part off your plate.
Make the output reviewable
Treat the first output as a draft, not a verdict. The prompt does the typing; you keep the judgment about what ships.
- Ask for three angles, then cut to the one worth shipping
- Compare two outputs instead of trusting one
- Name the audience and the single goal before you generate
Reuse the recipe
Write down what you never want as explicitly as what you do. The exclusions often do more work than the instructions.
Anchor to one reader
Lock the parts that never change and leave one slot for the variable. Now every run shares a family resemblance instead of starting from scratch.
- Keep one ask per prompt — chaining beats cramming
- Name the audience and the single goal before you generate
- Compare two outputs instead of trusting one
Lock the parts that never change and leave one slot for the variable. Now every run shares a family resemblance instead of starting from scratch.