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Turn meeting notes, an email or a report into a focused summary for a specific reader. Choose the length while keeping important facts, numbers and unanswered questions visible.
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What to provide
The source text you want summarised, such as meeting notes, an email or a report.
Who will read the summary and how short it should be.
A short description of the material, such as meeting notes or a project report.
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Input
Fictional example
Type of material: meeting notes
Audience: the project team
Length: five bullet points
Source text:
The internal pilot has moved from 12 November to 19 November because accessibility checks are still unfinished. The pilot is limited to 12 staff members. Lena will finish the checks by 16 November. Amir will update the onboarding guide by 17 November. The team will review pilot feedback on 23 November before deciding whether to invite customers. A customer rollout date has not been agreed.
Output
• The internal pilot moves from 12 November to 19 November because accessibility checks are unfinished.
• The pilot is limited to 12 staff members.
• Lena will finish the accessibility checks by 16 November.
• Amir will update the onboarding guide by 17 November.
• The team will review feedback on 23 November before deciding whether to invite customers; no customer rollout date is agreed.
Improve the result
Check each statement in the summary against the source. Identify any unsupported claims or missing qualifications.
List the decisions, named owners and deadlines stated in the source. Mark anything not stated as unknown.
Shorten the summary to three bullets while preserving the main decision, dates and unresolved questions.
Condense an update into three bullets and a final takeaway while keeping the decision, deadline or risk that matters most.
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What to provide
The complete text to condense, including dates, decisions and qualifications.
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Input
Illustrative editorial example — not a recorded model test.
Fictional update: The staff pilot starts on 19 November with 12 participants. Accessibility checks must finish by 16 November. Customer access remains undecided until feedback is reviewed on 23 November.
Output
• The staff pilot starts on 19 November with 12 participants.
• Accessibility checks must finish by 16 November.
• Customer access remains undecided until the 23 November feedback review.
Takeaway: Prepare for the staff pilot while keeping the customer launch decision open.
Improve the result
Compare all three bullets with the source and identify any omitted decision, deadline or risk.
Get a beginner-friendly explanation with an everyday analogy, a concrete example and the limits of the comparison.
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What to provide
A specific topic or concept you want to understand.
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Input
Illustrative editorial example — not a recorded model test.
Topic: keeping a copy of a frequently used file nearby to avoid downloading it repeatedly.
Output
Think of keeping a printed timetable on your desk instead of visiting the noticeboard each time. A saved copy can make the next lookup quicker. The catch is freshness: if the timetable changes, your desk copy may be out of date. Unlike a printed copy, software can sometimes check or replace its saved copy automatically.
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Replace the analogy with a short explanation of the actual mechanism, keeping the language simple.
Specify your existing knowledge to focus an explanation on mechanisms, design choices, limitations and a realistic example.
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What to provide
The technical topic and your relevant experience.
Any version, implementation or source material that limits the question.
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Input
Illustrative editorial example — not a recorded model test.
Topic: memoising a pure function. Background: comfortable with functions, maps and basic performance analysis.
Output
Memoisation stores a function result under a key representing its arguments. A repeated call can return the stored result instead of recomputing it. For a pure function square(n), storing square(8) = 64 is valid while its definition remains unchanged. Key construction and memory use have costs; mutable inputs or hidden dependencies can make cached results incorrect.
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Identify the assumptions in this explanation and describe one case where the design would fail.
Request prerequisites, numbered actions, expected results and verification steps for a clearly defined task and environment.
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What to provide
The task, environment and relevant version.
Current official instructions when the task depends on software behaviour and your chosen AI cannot browse.
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Input
Illustrative editorial example — not a recorded model test.
Task: sort a paper archive alphabetically by surname. Environment/version: a desk, paper folders and A–Z dividers; use first name to break ties.
Output
Prerequisites: enough desk space, A–Z dividers and a readable name on each folder.
1. Separate folders with missing names for review; expected result: every remaining folder has a sort key.
2. Group by surname initial, then sort each group by surname and first name.
3. Insert the groups behind their dividers.
Verification: scan neighbouring names for alphabetical order and check that every folder is accounted for.
Improve the result
For each step, add a visible success check and explain what to do if that check fails.
Compare three analogies for your audience, map them to the concept and identify where each comparison breaks down.
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What to provide
A concept and a short description of the intended audience.
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Input
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Concept: first-in, first-out ordering. Audience: new office staff.
Output
1. A single checkout line: the next waiting person is served first; priority lanes would break the comparison.
2. A numbered ticket desk: lower waiting numbers are called first; skipped or recalled tickets need extra rules.
3. Letters placed at the back of an in-tray and taken from the front: arrival order determines processing order; urgent letters handled separately would change it.
The checkout line is the clearest starting point because its ordering is easy to see.
Improve the result
Choose the clearest analogy and rewrite it without implying that all real systems follow its simplifying assumptions.
Turn a topic or source document into a glossary ordered from foundational terms to more advanced concepts.
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What to provide
A source document or topic, plus any terminology specific to your organisation.
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Input
Illustrative editorial example — not a recorded model test.
Source material: Our table has a header row with Name and Hours. Each record describes one volunteer, and each field holds one value.
Output
Header: a label identifying a column, such as Hours. Do not confuse the label with a value such as 3.
Field: one value within a record, such as a volunteer’s hours. Do not confuse one field with the whole record.
Record: the related values describing one volunteer, such as Ana and 3 hours. Do not confuse a record with a column shared across many volunteers.
Improve the result
Mark which definitions come directly from my source and which require an external reference.
Make dependencies, overlaps and differences easier to inspect with a compact concept map and explanations of each connection.
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What to provide
The concepts, their context and any confirmed relationships.
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For our fictional newsletter workflow: a draft is reviewed by an editor, an approved draft can be published, and an unapproved draft returns for revision.
Output
Draft → Editorial review → Approved draft → Publication
Editorial review → Revision → Editorial review
The arrows represent this team’s workflow, not proof of causation. Publication depends on approval in the supplied process; the review outcome determines which path follows.
Improve the result
Label every connection and separate confirmed relationships from assumptions.
Separate two easily confused ideas by comparing their meanings, overlap, differences and appropriate uses.
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What to provide
Two concepts and enough context to select their intended meanings.
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Concept A: a project goal. Concept B: a project task.
Output
A goal describes an outcome you want, such as making the onboarding guide easier to find. A task describes work you perform, such as adding a link from the staff homepage. Both guide activity, but completing the task does not by itself prove the goal was achieved. Use the goal to assess the outcome and tasks to organise the work.
Improve the result
Give one borderline example and explain why it fits one concept better than the other.
Connect an idea to a concrete scenario, with explicit assumptions, visible calculation or implementation steps and a practice problem.
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What to provide
A concept and scenario with the values needed to work through it.
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Concept: total cost from quantity, unit price and a fixed fee. Scenario: four notebooks at 3.50 each plus a fixed delivery fee of 2; no other charges.
Output
Assumption: the delivery fee applies once and there are no other charges.
Item cost = 4 × 3.50 = 14.
Total = 14 + 2 = 16.
The fixed fee is added once, after multiplying the unit price by quantity.
Practice: What is the total for six notebooks at 3.50 each with the same delivery fee?
Improve the result
Check each intermediate step and then give the answer to the practice problem with the same assumptions.
Explore misleading beliefs about a topic, why they are inaccurate and a clearer interpretation for your audience.
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What to provide
The topic, intended audience and any suspected misconceptions you want examined.
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Topic: arithmetic averages. Audience: learners new to statistics.
Output
Misconception: the mean must be one of the observed values. For 2 and 4, the mean is 3, which is not in the list.
Misconception: the mean alone describes a whole dataset. The lists 0, 10 and 5, 5 both have mean 5 but different spread.
These examples correct possible misunderstandings; they do not establish how common those beliefs are.
Improve the result
Distinguish misconceptions supported by evidence from hypothetical misunderstandings, and supply verifiable sources where needed.
Identify a document’s purpose, terms, dates and ambiguities while keeping explicit statements separate from interpretation.
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What to provide
The complete relevant document, including definitions, exceptions and referenced sections.
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Fictional project note: Draft artwork is due on 6 May. Printing can start after written approval. The note does not name the approver or set an approval deadline.
Output
Purpose: set the next steps for artwork and printing.
Explicit statements: draft artwork is due on 6 May; printing depends on written approval.
Ambiguities: the approver and approval deadline are not specified.
Interpretation: the print schedule may depend on how quickly approval is obtained; the note does not establish a print start date.
Improve the result
For each obligation or date, quote the supporting passage and list anything the document leaves unspecified.
Give the prompt a useful brief
A text prompt is most useful when it names the task, supplies the source material and describes the result you need. Replace the square-bracket inputs with your own details before copying it into your tool.
Make a summary easier to check
For a meeting summary, provide the notes and ask for decisions, action owners and unresolved questions in separate sections. Tell the tool to mark missing owners as unknown. Compare the result with the original notes before sharing it.
Refine one thing at a time
If an answer is too broad, specify the audience or ask for a shorter format. If it adds facts that are absent from your source, ask it to use only the supplied material and identify gaps. Keep sensitive information out of examples unless you have permission to use it.
Questions about text prompts
Supply the information named by each input, such as the text to summarise, your audience or the required format. The preview updates as you fill in the fields. Unfilled brackets remain visible so you can spot missing context.
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