Prompts & Templates

Find the artifact for the work in front of you.

Start with the thing you have to handle: a meeting, too many messages, a draft, a decision, a bigger AI ask, a recurring task, or work context you should clean first.

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Start here Pick a moment. Use the prompt.

What this library is for

Four shelves, one job each.

The shelves are not courses. They are places to grab the next useful work artifact.

How to use this page

Look for the artifact you need.

Each section below starts with the work situation, then points to the reusable asset. You should not have to understand AI vocabulary before finding something useful. If the task will happen again, save the setup instead of starting from zero next time.

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Messy input
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Cleaner artifact
A request card feeding into a slot and dropping out as one clean output card, drawn in a field notebook.
Next move

Choose your moment

Start where the work hurts.

No AI jargon required. Pick the situation you recognize.

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Starter assets

27 starter assets, sorted by work moment.

These are intentionally simple. Each one turns a common work situation into a prompt, template, or checklist you can actually use.

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Before, during, and after meetings

Walk into the room with something useful.

Start here

Meeting Brief Builder

Turn scattered context into purpose, decision, risk, and one useful question.

Ask better

Better Question Builder

Move from vague concern to a question that helps the room think.

Manager prep

1:1 Prep Builder

Turn loose manager context into one theme, question, and follow-up.

Agenda help

Meeting Agenda Tightener

Turn a loose agenda into decisions, prep, and useful discussion points.

Afterward

Follow-Up Fast Draft

Turn rough notes into a recap while momentum is still warm.

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Too many messages, updates, and recaps

Find the point instead of summarizing the noise.

Start here

Decision Extractor

Find the real decision, owner, open question, and next reply.

Update filter

Update Filter

Sort what changed, what matters, what is noise, and what to try.

Briefing

Executive Summary Builder

Turn details into what changed, why it matters, and what to decide.

Context

Context Cleaner

Separate what matters from background noise before a conversation.

Ownership

Owner Next-Step Map

Name who owns what, what is open, and what happens next.

Record

Decision Receipt Builder

Capture what was decided, why, who owns it, and what could change.

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Writing, explaining, and client updates

Make the message easier to use.

Plain English

Plain-English Translator

Make complex updates understandable without flattening meaning.

Before sending

Client-Ready Rewrite

Make a draft clearer before it leaves the building.

Status update

Client Update Brief

Frame a project update around status, risk, decision, and next step.

Presentation

One-Slide Storyline

Turn a point into a one-slide narrative a busy room can follow.

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Decisions, risks, and tradeoffs

Pressure-test the recommendation before it travels.

Hidden risk

Hidden Risk Finder

Pressure-test a plan and name the concern worth raising.

Tradeoff

Tradeoff Namer

Find the choice hiding under a plan that sounds too easy.

Options

Options Compare Brief

Compare options by upside, downside, risk, and next decision.

Coach

Tradeoff Thinking Coach

Name what each option buys, spends, and puts at risk.

Stakeholders

Stakeholder Concern Mapper

Find likely questions, objections, and missing context before a review.

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Processes, tools, and safer AI use

Make repeat work cleaner without making it risky.

Saved setup

Repeat Task Builder

Turn recurring work into context, steps, examples, a review point, and the next improvement.

Automation

Tiny Automation Request Brief

Turn a repeated task into a clear request a builder can evaluate.

Checklist

Checklist Cleaner

Make a messy checklist short enough to use on a busy day.

Handoff

AI Handoff Brief

Give AI the outcome, inputs, boundary, and review step before a bigger ask.

Tool fit

Tool Fit Triage

Check whether a new AI tool fits a real work moment before testing it.

Tool watch

Tool Triage Note

Decide whether a new AI tool deserves a test, a watch, or a pass.

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