Eight copy-paste prompts that turn ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or NotebookLM into a working colleague: drafting, summarizing, analyzing, and automating the tasks that eat your week. Built by a practicing attorney who uses them daily.
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Use before any complex task, in any AI tool. The single fastest quality upgrade there is.
I need help with: [DESCRIBE THE TASK IN ONE SENTENCE]. Before you answer, ask me the three most important clarifying questions, one at a time. After my answers, restate the task as you understand it, then do it.
Replies that answer everything and commit to exactly what you mean.
Draft a reply to the email below, in my voice. Goal of my reply: [WHAT MUST HAPPEN]. Rules: answer every question they asked, in their order. Introduce no new topics. If I commit to anything, state exactly what and by when. Under 150 words. Open with the substance, no pleasantries. Then list anything in their email I left unaddressed. [PASTE THE EMAIL]
Summaries you can act on without rereading the source.
Summarize the document below for someone who must make a decision from your summary alone. 1) Five bullet points, most important first. 2) Any numbers, dates, or commitments, exactly as written. 3) What the document does NOT say that a careful reader would want to know. [PASTE DOCUMENT]
Pressure-test a plan before someone else does it for you.
Here is a plan I intend to act on: [PASTE PLAN] Argue against it. Give the three strongest objections a skeptical expert would raise, each with the specific harm if I ignore it. Then tell me which single objection is most likely to actually happen, and one change that addresses it.
Paste raw notes, get an accountable follow-up.
Below are my raw meeting notes. Produce: 1) Decisions made, one line each. 2) Action items as a table: owner, task, deadline. If any of the three is missing, write NEEDED rather than guessing. 3) A three-sentence follow-up message I can send the group. [PASTE NOTES]
Turn expertise into something a client or colleague actually understands.
Explain the following to [AUDIENCE: e.g., a client with no legal background] in plain English at a 9th-grade reading level. Keep every fact accurate. Use one everyday analogy. End with "what this means for you" in two sentences. [PASTE THE TECHNICAL CONTENT]
For a pasted table or uploaded spreadsheet, before you trust any analysis.
Here is my data. Before analyzing anything: 1) List the columns and what you infer each one means. 2) Flag data-quality problems: blanks, duplicates, outliers, inconsistent formats. 3) Then answer: [YOUR QUESTION]. Show which rows or values your answer relies on so I can verify. [PASTE OR ATTACH DATA]
The habit that separates operators from users. Run it on anything that matters.
Review your previous answer as a skeptical fact-checker. 1) List every factual claim it made. 2) Mark each: certain / probable / should be verified. 3) For each "should be verified", tell me exactly how I can check it in under two minutes.
These eight are the warm-up. Every Trackline course includes a full 62-item prompt and template library, plus the training to write your own.
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