Prompt patterns

Prompting ChatGPT for Style and Outfit Recommendations

Guide ChatGPT to find clothing items or complete outfits based on descriptions or images.

Create Custom Workflows with Plain English Descriptions

Use natural language to define and generate custom interfaces for AI agents.

Refine Existing Canvas Extensions

Customize pre-built canvas extensions to fit your specific workflow needs.

Directing Vocal Performance with Natural Language Cues

Use detailed natural language prompts to control nuanced acting cues, pacing, back channeling, and dialect shifts for voice generation.

Frame AI prompts with an audience for consistent architectural output

Ask AI models to imagine future architectures by framing them as a specific audience to get consistent results.

Asking ChatGPT finance questions with connected data

Use specific commands or the Finances page to ask questions grounded in your financial data.

Instruct Codex to extract Figma design context

Prompt Codex to draft documentation scaffolds from code

Generate initial documentation drafts by having Codex read framework code in a monorepo.

Translate content between mediums using Codex

Use Codex to convert content from one format to another, like tutorials to video transcripts.

Use Codex to explain pull requests and code sections

Leverage Codex with the gh command to get summaries and explanations of code changes and features.

Use CONTRIBUTING.md as a map for AI documentation

Structure your CONTRIBUTING.md file to guide AI in understanding and generating documentation.

Use negative examples in skill descriptions for better routing

Add 'Don't call this skill when...' cases to skill descriptions to improve model routing accuracy.

Ask Gemini about past chats by topic or timeframe

Reference past conversations by asking Gemini to search them by topic or date.

Edit prompts to regenerate Gemini Apps responses

Revise your prompt to have Gemini regenerate its response.

Refining ideas with iterative prompting

Use a series of prompts to brainstorm, develop, and refine ideas with an AI tool.

Request Gemini Apps to format output as a file

Ask Gemini to generate responses directly as supported file types.

Ask Claude to create custom visuals for explanations

Prompt Claude to generate diagrams, charts, and interactive visuals to explain complex information.

Explicitly request Claude to use web search

Ensure Claude uses its web search capability by including specific instructions in your prompt.

Prompt Claude to search previous conversations

Instruct Claude to find and use specific information from past chats.

Prompt Claude to use the research tool for specific tasks

Instruct Claude to leverage its research capabilities for specific information retrieval and analysis tasks.

Provide detailed context for better Claude Design outputs

Give Claude Design comprehensive context including goal, layout, content, and audience for improved design generation.

Encode reference points for fast shared language with AI

Use codes like D1/R1/F1 to build a shared language and reduce token repetition.

Set hard operational boundaries for AI output

Instruct the AI to deliver ONLY what was requested, nothing more.

Use positive and negative patterns in system prompts

Define what to replicate and what to avoid to shape AI output precisely.

Generate custom marketing insights with text prompts

Use simple text prompts in Google Ads to generate custom insights and reports.

Improving AI argument concreteness with self-critique and instructions

Guide AI to make more concrete and substantive arguments by having it critique its own work and follow specific instructions.

Drafting professional emails with Copilot in Outlook

Use prompts to guide Copilot in Outlook to draft professional emails.

Separate idea generation from evaluation

Intentionally separate idea generation from evaluation to foster wider exploration and structured decision-making.

Template for clinical decision support prompts

A flexible template for creating clinical decision support prompts for various patient scenarios.

Use ChatGPT within Excel and Google Sheets

Leverage ChatGPT inside spreadsheets for quick analysis, data cleaning, and insights without leaving the application.

Contextual AI problem-solving with prior work

Provide AI with a solved problem in one domain to help it solve an analogous problem in a related domain.

Generate Contextual Embeddings for RAG Chunks

Use an AI model to create concise, chunk-specific context for RAG.

Few-shot prompting with architectural context

Show Codex examples of desired architecture and patterns before asking for new feature implementation.

Platform-specific video prompt adjustment

Instruct AI to adapt video content for specific platforms like TikTok by adjusting pacing, tone, and visuals.

Prompt chaining for multi-step processes

Break down complex tasks into sequential prompts, building context with each step.

Think step by step for complex tasks

Instruct the AI to think step by step to improve accuracy on complex reasoning tasks.

Iterative image refinement within ChatGPT conversation

Describe your vision, and ChatGPT will bring it to life by providing a selection of visuals for you to refine and iterate upon.