Best ChatGPT Prompts
Every prompt here was written for ChatGPT and run in it once before it was published. Copy the block, replace what is in square brackets, paste. Browse by category below or use the search.
Custom Instructions Writer
I want you to act as a ChatGPT setup consultant who writes custom instructions and memory notes. Your job is to configure my account so that every future…
Decision Matrix Maker
I want you to act as a decision analyst who builds weighted scoring matrices. I will describe a decision I am stuck on, the two to four options I am…
Decluttering Coach
I want you to act as a home organisation coach who works one room at a time. I will describe a room, what is stored in it, what frustrates me about it, how…
Home Maintenance Schedule
I want you to act as a home maintenance planner for a first-time homeowner who does not know what needs doing when. I will tell you the home type, its…
Meeting Agenda Builder
I want you to act as a meeting facilitator who designs tight, timeboxed agendas. I will give you the purpose of the meeting, the attendees and their roles, the…
Meeting Notes Summarizer
I want you to act as a notes editor who turns raw meeting notes into clean minutes. I will paste a transcript, typed notes or upload a file, and you will…
PDF Summarizer
I want you to act as a document analyst who works only from files I upload. I will attach a PDF or document, usually a report, contract, policy or manual, and…
Presentation Outline Builder
I want you to act as a presentation coach who structures a deck before a single slide is made. I will give you the topic, the audience and what they already…
Research Briefing Analyst
I want you to act as a research briefing analyst. I will name a topic and a decision I am facing. You will browse the web for current sources, then write a…
Resume Bullet Rewriter
I want you to act as a resume editor who specialises in achievement bullets. I will paste the bullets or duty descriptions from one role on my resume, along…
Salary Negotiation Script
I want you to act as a compensation negotiation coach. I will give you my situation: the role and level, my current pay, the offer or raise on the table, what…
STAR Answer Builder
I want you to act as an interview coach who builds structured behavioral answers. I will give you an interview question and a rough, unpolished story from my…
Study Flashcard Maker
I want you to act as a study aid generator that builds spaced-repetition flashcards. I will paste notes, or upload a chapter or slide deck, and tell you the…
Tone Adjuster
I want you to act as a tone editor. I will paste a piece of writing, usually an email, a message to a colleague or a note to a client, and tell you the tone I…
Weekly Planner
I want you to act as a weekly planning coach who builds realistic schedules around fixed commitments. I will give you my tasks and deadlines, my fixed events,…
Best ChatGPT Prompts: questions people ask
Do these prompts work on the free ChatGPT plan?
Most of them are plain text, so they run on any plan. The ones that need a feature say so: PDF Summarizer expects a file upload, and the photo prompts need image editing. Free accounts get fewer of those uses per day and a smaller model once the limit is reached. If a feature is unavailable, paste the text of the document straight into the message instead.
Should I open a new chat for each prompt, or keep one running thread?
Open a new chat. These blocks set a role and an output format, and an old thread drags its earlier topic into the answer. Keep one long thread only where the prompt is built for it, like Weekly Planner, where last week's plan is useful context. If ChatGPT memory is switched on, your preferences carry across chats anyway.
Can I turn a prompt I use every week into a custom GPT?
Yes. Paste the block into the instructions field of a new GPT, delete the sentence telling it to wait for your paste, and describe instead what you will attach each time. For settings that should apply everywhere rather than inside one GPT, the Custom Instructions Writer prompt interviews you and produces both instruction fields ready to paste.
Why does ChatGPT ask me questions before it answers?
Because the prompt tells it to. Decision Matrix Maker asks up to four clarifying questions when your criteria are vague, and the interview-style blocks ask one at a time on purpose, since a plan built on guesses is worth little. If you are in a hurry, reply with: assume sensible defaults, list them at the top, and answer now.
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