# The Everyday AI Prompt Pack

**50 copy-paste prompts for ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini — for real work.**
From the *AI Essentials for Everyone* track at Agentic Academy (agentic-academy.dev).

> How to use: replace anything in [SQUARE BRACKETS] with your details. Most prompts work in any of the three tools. The best results come from adding your own context and refining once.

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## ✉️ Email & Communication

1. **Draft a tricky email** — "Write a professional email to [recipient/relationship] about [situation]. Tone: [warm but direct]. Include [key points]. Keep it under [120] words and end with a clear next step."
2. **Deliver bad news well** — "Help me tell [audience] that [bad news] without over-apologizing. One brief apology, the facts, and a proactive next step."
3. **Shorten without losing meaning** — "Cut this email by 40% while keeping the key request and the warmth: [paste]."
4. **Fix the tone** — "Rewrite this so it sounds [confident but not aggressive]: [paste]."
5. **Reply for me** — "Here's an email I received and the gist of my reply. Draft a polished response: [paste email] / My points: [bullets]."
6. **Chase politely** — "Write a friendly follow-up to [person] who hasn't replied about [topic]. Light, no guilt-tripping."
7. **Say no gracefully** — "Decline [request] from [a long-term client] while appreciating the relationship and leaving the door open."
8. **Subject lines** — "Give me 5 subject lines for an email about [topic] to [audience], optimized for opens. Under 50 characters."

## 📝 Writing & Editing

9. **First draft fast** — "Write a first draft of [document type] about [topic] for [audience]. Structure: [intro, 3 sections, conclusion]."
10. **Make it plain** — "Rewrite this for a non-expert. No jargon, short sentences: [paste]."
11. **Match my voice** — "Here are 2 examples of how I write: [examples]. Now write [content] in that voice."
12. **Tighten it** — "Make this 30% shorter and lead with the main point: [paste]."
13. **Proofread + explain** — "Proofread this and list the changes you made and why: [paste]."
14. **Different angles** — "Give me 3 different openings for this piece, each with a different hook: [paste]."

## 📊 Documents, Data & Research

15. **Executive summary** — "Summarize this for a busy executive: exactly 5 one-sentence bullets, then one 'Recommendation:' line. Only use facts from the document: [paste]."
16. **Compare two options** — "Compare [Option A] and [Option B] in a table across [criteria]. End with which fits [my situation] and why."
17. **Find the action items** — "Extract every action item from these notes as a table: Task | Owner | Due date. Mark missing owners 'unassigned' — don't guess: [paste]."
18. **Question a document** — "Using ONLY the text below, answer: [question]. If it's not covered, say so: [paste]."
19. **Spreadsheet formula** — "In [Google Sheets/Excel], column [B] has [region], column [C] has [amount]. Give me a formula to [sum C where B = EMEA], explain each part, and flag the common mistake."
20. **Explain this data** — "Here's a table. Tell me the single most important trend, one risk, and one action. Don't restate every number: [paste]."
21. **Research starter** — "Give me a balanced briefing on [topic]: what it is, the main viewpoints, and 5 questions I should still verify myself."
22. **Fact-check me** — "Here's a claim I want to use: [claim]. How would I verify it? What would make it false?"

## 💼 Workplace Tasks

23. **Meeting prep** — "I have a meeting with [people] about [topic]. Give me 3 smart questions to ask and 2 likely sticking points."
24. **Meeting recap** — "Turn these notes into Decisions / Action Items (owner + date) / Open Questions: [paste]."
25. **De-bias a job description** — "Rewrite this JD to remove age/gender-coded and 'culture fit' language, keep the real requirements, split must-have vs nice-to-have, and list what you changed: [paste]."
26. **Performance feedback** — "Help me give constructive feedback to [role] about [issue]. Specific, kind, and actionable. I'll review before sending."
27. **Policy in plain English** — "Explain this policy to a new employee in simple terms, with one example: [paste]."
28. **Brainstorm options** — "Give me 10 ideas for [goal], ranging from safe to bold. One line each."

## 🎯 Customer & Marketing

29. **De-escalate a complaint** — "Draft an empathetic reply to this upset customer: acknowledge, empathize (no 'sorry for any inconvenience'), take ownership, offer [specific remedy], next step. Under 150 words: [paste]."
30. **Repurpose content** — "Turn this post into: a LinkedIn post (120-150 words), an email teaser (subject + 60 words), and 3 social captions (<200 chars). Don't invent stats: [paste]."
31. **Product description** — "Write a product description for [product] in the style of these examples: [2 examples]. [50] words."
32. **Social calendar** — "Give me 20 content ideas for [industry] this month: 8 educational, 5 behind-the-scenes, 4 promotional, 3 engagement."
33. **Testimonial polish** — "Turn this customer email into a clean testimonial quote, authentic but tidy: [paste]."

## 🧠 Prompting Power-Ups

34. **Show, don't tell (few-shot)** — "Match the style of these examples exactly: [example 1] [example 2]. Now write: [task]."
35. **Think step by step** — "Work through this step by step before giving the answer: [problem]."
36. **Ground it** — "Use only the information below. If something isn't covered, say 'not covered' rather than guessing: [paste]."
37. **Template the output** — "Answer using EXACTLY this format: [your template]."
38. **Role + task** — "You are [an experienced X]. [Task]. Format: [shape]. Tone: [voice]."
39. **Refine in one move** — "Make this 20% shorter and lead with [the key point], not the preamble: [paste]."
40. **Ask it to ask you** — "Before answering, ask me up to 3 questions that would make your answer better."

## 🛡️ Safety & Verification

41. **Spot the made-up fact** — "Review your last answer. Mark each factual claim as 'verified', 'needs checking', or 'uncertain', and tell me how to verify the uncertain ones."
42. **Confidentiality check** — "I'm about to paste a document into an AI tool. Help me spot anything I should redact first (names, account numbers, confidential terms)."
43. **Source it** — "For each statistic in your answer, give the source. Mark anything you can't source as UNVERIFIED."
44. **Sanity-check a number** — "Does this calculation look right? Recompute it and show your working: [paste]."

## 🚀 Building Habits

45. **Custom instructions** — "Help me write Custom Instructions for [my role] so I stop repeating my context every chat."
46. **Make it reusable** — "I do [recurring task] often. Design a reusable prompt template with placeholders I can fill in each time."
47. **Weekly review** — "Ask me 5 questions to reflect on my week and turn my answers into 3 priorities for next week."
48. **Learn something** — "Teach me [concept] like I run a small business. Use one analogy and one example, then quiz me with 2 questions."
49. **Compare tools** — "For [my task: e.g. summarizing long PDFs], which is better — ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini — and why?"
50. **The 2-minute upgrade** — "Here's a prompt I use. Suggest 3 specific ways to make it produce better results: [paste]."

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