Reusable Operations Prompts, Start to Finish

The trap with operations prompts is asking for the finished thing. Ask for options instead, then bring your taste to the edit.

Start with the smallest version

Treat the first output as a draft, not a verdict. The prompt does the typing; you keep the judgment about what ships.

• Lower the reading level, then check what broke
• Save the prompt that worked so the next person reuses it
• Name the audience and the single goal before you generate

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.

Write down what you never want as explicitly as what you do. The exclusions often do more work than the instructions.