Spreadsheet insights
Excel & spreadsheets 3 min setup
Explain an Excel formula step by step
Understand what a formula calculates, its dependencies, and where it can fail
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Practical AI text prompt templates
AI text prompt templates for writing, research, planning, decisions, meetings, learning, and everyday work, with examples and result checks
These recipes turn a real task and the context only you know into a complete text prompt. Each one preserves missing information as an explicit gap, shows a worked example, and includes checks for the result.
How to use this collection
- Choose by the outcome you need, not by a model persona.
- Fill only the context that can change the result.
- Review the generated prompt and its result checks before use.
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318 recipesCareer preparation
Career & job search 6 min setup
Explain a job description as tasks and skills
Translate hiring language into likely work, evidence needs, ambiguity, and interview questions
Open recipeStudy smarter
Learning & study 5 min setup
Explain a concept at multiple levels
Vary vocabulary and depth while preserving the same core definition, conditions, and limits
Open recipeEveryday planning
Family life & personal administration 8 min setup
Explain a complex notice or form in plain language and next steps
Translate administrative wording into actions, choices, evidence, deadlines, and confirmation questions without deciding for the reader
Open recipeRead clearly
Document reading 5 min setup
Explain a complex document in plain language
Explain difficult material for a named audience without deleting conditions or uncertainty
Open recipeBusiness essentials
Finance, procurement & administration 8 min setup
Explain a complex bill and list questions to confirm
Reconcile line items, dates, rates, credits, taxes, prior balances, and payments while preserving unresolved discrepancies
Open recipeCreative ideas
Creative expression & personal projects 7 min setup
Expand one creative idea into comparable concepts
Hold the core intent steady while varying execution choices enough to reveal real trade-offs
Open recipeUser insights
Product & user research 9 min setup
Draft user stories and verifiable acceptance criteria
Translate confirmed user and business needs into scoped stories and observable behavior without inventing product decisions
Open recipeTravel preparation
Travel, events & trip preparation 9 min setup
Draft an itinerary from dates, budget, and preferences
Build a paced route with cost envelopes, dated verification tasks, access needs, buffers, and fallbacks
Open recipeDaily operations
Small-business operations 9 min setup
Draft an SOP for a recurring small-business process
Document a real recurring workflow with roles, controls, exceptions, evidence, and handoff criteria
Open recipeCover letters
Cover letter writing 7 min setup
Draft an internship or graduate cover letter
Use coursework, projects, volunteering, and part-time work as evidence without presenting them as employment
Open recipeCover letters
Cover letter writing 7 min setup
Draft an internal-position cover letter
Present internal evidence and motivation without assuming access, endorsement, or selection advantage
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