Lesson 76 · 2 min
Build your own prompt library
Save the prompts that worked, with blanks to fill in, and you stop starting from zero every day.
Most people type a fresh prompt every time, even for jobs they do every week. When a prompt gives a great result, that is worth keeping.
Keep a simple note or document. For each prompt, write a short name, what it is for, and the prompt with [BLANKS] for the parts that change: [CUSTOMER NAME], [PASTE NOTES], [TONE].
Improve them as you go. When you have to fix the same thing in the answer twice, add a line to the saved prompt so you never fix it again.
Ten good prompts cover most of a normal week: replying to emails, summarising meetings, planning a day, explaining something to a child. Start with the three jobs you repeat most.
Do it now
Save your first three
- 1. Open a notes app and make a page called "My prompts".
- 2. Write down the three tasks you most often ask AI for.
- 3. Use the prompt below to turn each one into a reusable template, then save it.
Here is a prompt I use often: [PASTE YOUR PROMPT]. Turn it into a reusable template. Replace the parts that change each time with [BLANKS IN CAPITALS], add any instruction that would make the answer more reliable, and keep it under 80 words.
Quick check
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Next →Set standing instructions onceWords from this lesson
- Prompt
- The instruction or question you give an AI. Clearer prompts with context usually get much better answers.
- Prompt engineering
- The practice of wording, structuring and testing prompts to get reliable, useful results from AI.