Writing and planning
Turn these meeting notes into decisions, open questions, owners, and deadlines. Mark any item that is ambiguous instead of guessing.
Create a weekly learning plan for a beginner with three 30-minute sessions. Include a practice task and one way to check progress each week.
Image generation
Create a realistic editorial portrait in a quiet library, soft side light, natural expression, eye-level framing, warm wood textures, and no visible text or logos.
Adapt the variables
Replace the audience, source, subject, tone, format, and quality checks. Keep the underlying task stable so you can tell which change improved the result.
Before and after: turn a vague request into a task
Before: Write a better article. This leaves the audience, evidence, length, and definition of better unstated.
After: Write a 900-word beginner article from the supplied notes. Explain the first decision a reader must make, use one concrete example, separate facts from recommendations, and end with a five-point checklist. Mark any claim that needs a source.
- The after version names the reader.
- It limits the allowed source material.
- It gives the draft a structure and a review rule.
Before and after: make an image request precise
Before: Make a cool portrait. The model has no subject, setting, framing, light, or realism requirement.
After: Create a natural editorial portrait of a person in a navy jacket outside a small bookshop, eye-level framing, soft overcast light, realistic skin texture, muted colors, candid posture, and no lettering or logos.
- The subject and setting are visible.
- The camera direction is specific without being overloaded.
- The negative instruction protects the intended use.
Compare the result, not just the wording
For each example, change one variable and keep the rest stable. Compare whether the output meets the goal, follows constraints, and remains useful with a different input. This turns an example into a small experiment rather than a phrase to copy.
- Change the audience and check whether the explanation changes appropriately.
- Remove one constraint and observe the failure it prevented.
- Ask for a critique of the result before writing a replacement.
Use examples as patterns
A prompt example is a pattern made of task, context, constraints, format, and evaluation. You can move the pattern from writing to planning or images, but the nouns and quality checks must follow the new task.
Six prompts to try and adapt
Before and after: article brief
Before: Write about remote work. After: Write a beginner guide for small team managers using the supplied notes, with three benefits, two trade-offs, one implementation example, and a checklist. Do not invent research.
Adapt it: Change the audience, evidence, and structure while keeping the explicit quality boundary.
Before and after: analysis
Before: Analyze this spreadsheet. After: Identify the three largest changes, show the rows that support each claim, explain one plausible cause, and list what the data cannot prove.
Adapt it: Name the relevant columns and the decision the analysis should support.
Before and after: image prompt
Before: Make an elegant room. After: Create a bright reading corner beside a tall window, warm oak shelves, one armchair, soft morning shadows, balanced negative space, realistic materials, and no text.
Adapt it: Replace the subject, time of day, palette, and composition while keeping the visual brief complete.
Before and after: learning
Before: Explain databases. After: Explain relational databases to a beginner with one analogy, a small table example, three vocabulary terms, and a five-question practice quiz with answers hidden below.
Adapt it: Set the learners level and choose a practice format that exposes misunderstanding.
Before and after: customer copy
Before: Write an announcement. After: Draft a 100-word update for existing customers. Lead with the change, state who is affected, give the date, explain the next action, and avoid claims not present in the notes.
Adapt it: Insert the real facts and make the tone match the customer relationship.
Before and after: creative options
Before: Give me ideas for a poster. After: Propose five poster directions for a community film night. Each must include hierarchy, image treatment, palette, audience feeling, and one reason it will remain readable.
Adapt it: Change the event, audience, and medium while preserving the decision-ready fields.
Frequently asked questions
How do I adapt an AI prompt example?
Replace its task details, audience, inputs, constraints, and output format while keeping the structure that makes the goal clear.
Should examples include negative instructions?
Include them when a specific failure would matter, but avoid long generic lists unrelated to the task.
