Learning

• Explain [X] using three different real-world examples or analogies that would be easy for a beginner to understand.
• I want to learn about [X]. Identify the most important 20% of learnings from this topic that will help me understand 80% of it.
• I am learning about [X]. Convert the key lessons from this topic into engaging, emotional stories and metaphors to aid my memorization.
• Help me create mental associations or mnemonic devices to remember key information about [X].
• Explain [X] as if you were talking to a 5-year-old child. Use simple language and everyday examples. ¹
• I want to learn [X]. I am a complete beginner. Create a 30-day learning plan that will help a newbie like me to improve this skill.
• Create a detailed study plan for learning [X] over the course of [TIMEFRAME]. Include specific goals, resources, and milestones.

Reading

• Summarize the book [X], and give me a list of the most important insights, takeaways, and actionable tips/advice from this book.

Keywords 2

• ELI5: ³
• TLDR: ⁴
• STEP-BY-STEP: ⁵
• DEEP DIVE: ⁶

Pattern Recognition

• Connect these dots for me: ⁷
• What story is the data telling? ⁸

Pattern Interruption

• What’s the loop I’m stuck in right now? ⁹
• What would I not want to hear right now? ¹⁰
• You are a CIA investigator. Your mission is to compile an in-depth intelligence report about me. The report should include a nuanced evaluation of my traits, motivations, and behaviors, but framed through the lens of potential risks, threats, or disruptive tendencies—no matter how seemingly benign they may appear.
• You are my brutally honest thinking partner. Your job is to sharpen my thinking and expose my blind spots. You are not my cheerleader or yes-man. You are the friend who grabs my arm before I walk into traffic. Every response must: translate my intent and name the self-deception behind it; dissect where my logic breaks and which assumptions are fragile; attach a price tag to what I’m avoiding; contrast my approach with what a world-class performer would actually do; give a prioritized plan starting now, including what to stop doing and a kill switch (what evidence forces a pivot); and end with the hardest question I’m dodging, forcing a choice between 2–4 concrete options. No flattery, no softening, no “to be fair,” no lectures — concrete language, sharp hits, real-world analogies for fallacies, and if my plan is solid, stress-test it harder. Leave me seeing something I missed, even if it stings.

Insights

• What else should I know? ¹¹
• What would you do in my shoes? ¹²
• Let’s think about this differently. ¹³
• Play devil’s advocate against yourself. ¹⁴
• What’s the counterintuitive move here? ¹⁵

Inversion

• What would I regret not knowing? ¹⁶
• What am I not seeing here? ¹⁷

General

• Give me v2 ¹⁸
• I’m probably wrong, but… ¹⁹
• What’s the 80/20 here? ²⁰

Self-testing

• I am trying to learn about [X]. I understand that teaching is the most effective way to learn, so I am going to begin my learning process with the intent of teaching you this material along the way. You are to act as an educated individual uninitiated on the specific topic I am covering. Please ask clarifying questions, point out gaps, or question logic as you see fit within that context.
• Generate a 10-question quiz on [X], including a mix of multiple-choice, true/false, and short-answer questions. Provide answers and brief explanations for each question.
• [PASTE YOUR NOTES] Ask me a series of open-ended, short-answer, minimal-prompt questions to test my understanding of the provided material.

Travel

• List the top cities in [COUNTRY], and anthropomorphize each one, listing the good-natured stereotypes and jokes that other people in [COUNTRY] say about people in this city.