Basic CORE Framework Template
CORE
The foundational prompt structure. Fill in your specific C, O, R, and E for any task.
Context: [Your background / situation]
Output: [Exact format and length you want]
Role: Act as [expert persona]
Example: [Style reference or sample output]
Quality Booster Add-On
CORE
Add this to any prompt to dramatically upgrade the quality of AI output. A single sentence that changes everything.
Make this a 10 out of 10 response. Be specific,
practical, and give me advice I can implement
in the next 15 minutes.
Multi-Role Panel
CORE
Get three expert perspectives simultaneously. Great for decisions where you need balanced input.
[Describe your situation / question]
Give me advice from all three of these perspectives at once:
1. A technical expert focused on [specifics]
2. A budget-conscious advisor focused on value
3. A trusted friend who gives honest, plain-language advice
Then rate each perspective's advice out of 10.
Objective Idea Rater
CORE
Force AI to give honest feedback instead of telling you what you want to hear.
[Paste your idea / plan / work here]
Objectively rate this out of 10. Be honest and accurate — not encouraging. Then tell me:
- What are its 3 biggest strengths?
- What are its 3 biggest weaknesses?
- What would make this a 10/10?
100 Ideas Brainstorm
Brainstorming
Force AI past the obvious by asking for extreme volume. The best ideas are in the last 20.
Context: I need to brainstorm [your topic] for [your situation].
Output: Give me 100 completely different ideas. I want variety — mix the practical with the unusual. Don't repeat themes. Push past the obvious after the first 20.
Role: Act as a world-class creative director committed to finding something genuinely fresh.
Example: After the first 20 obvious ideas, keep going into territory that surprises even you.
ABC Constraints Brainstorm
Brainstorming
Use alphabetical constraints to force structural variety — 26 ideas that can't repeat themes.
Context: I need creative ideas for [your topic / challenge].
Output: Give me 26 ideas — one for each letter of the alphabet (A through Z). Each idea should start with that letter and represent a genuinely different approach. No two ideas should feel like variations of the same concept.
Role: Act as a creative strategist who thrives under constraints.
Example: If the letter is 'K', give a specific, actionable idea that starts with K and covers a different angle than previous answers.
Cross-Domain Idea Mashup
Brainstorming
Combine your challenge with a completely different field to unlock unexpected creative solutions.
Context: I'm trying to [describe your challenge / goal].
Output: Give me 10 ideas that solve this problem using frameworks, metaphors, or approaches from [choose a field: e.g., professional sports / jazz music / restaurant kitchens / military strategy / theater].
Role: Act as an innovation consultant who specializes in cross-industry thinking.
Example: If borrowing from jazz, apply "improvisation with shared rules" to [my context].
Anti-Brainstorm (Flip the Terrible)
Brainstorming
Generate terrible ideas first, then flip them. Breaks mental blocks and surfaces unexpected insights.
Step 1 — Generate terrible ideas:
Context: I'm trying to [your challenge].
Output: Give me 20 absolutely terrible, counterproductive ideas for solving this problem. Ideas that guarantee failure or embarrassment.
Role: Act as a consultant hired to sabotage this project.
Step 2 — Flip them:
Now flip these terrible ideas. For each one, find the kernel of a useful insight. What does the terrible idea tell you about what the good version should look like?
Idea Challenge & Refinement
Brainstorming
Use AI to stress-test your best idea before committing to it. Catches problems before they happen.
[Paste your idea here]
Challenge my assumptions about this idea. What am I not considering? What could go wrong? What assumptions am I making? Be thorough and honest — don't hold back.
Then help me refine the idea to solve the problems you raised while keeping what works.
Email Thread Analyzer
Email & Comms
Instantly make sense of confusing email chains — find decisions, actions, and unresolved issues.
[Paste your email thread here]
Summarize this email thread and tell me:
1. What decisions were made?
2. What actions do I need to take?
3. What's still unresolved?
4. Create a table showing different viewpoints and decisions.
Diplomatic Email Response
Email & Comms
Get AI to write a response that navigates conflict and moves things forward without making anyone feel ignored.
Context: I'm responding to [describe the email situation — who's involved, what the conflict is, what went wrong].
Output: Write a brief, diplomatic email that acknowledges everyone's input, proposes a solution, and gets us moving forward with clear next steps. Keep it short — as few words as possible while staying clear and kind.
Role: Act as a skilled project coordinator who keeps teams focused and positive.
Example: Thank each person specifically, suggest a decision-making process, and end with concrete action items.
Train AI in Your Voice
Email & Comms
Few-shot prompting to make AI match your personal communication style. Use 3+ email examples.
Here are 3 emails I've written to [teams / colleagues / clients]:
[Email 1]
[Email 2]
[Email 3]
Write a follow-up email to [describe the situation] using the same style, tone, and voice as these examples.
Bonus: What themes do you notice in my communication style that make it unique?
Data Storytelling CORE Prompt
Data
Transform raw numbers into a compelling narrative that sticks with your audience.
Context: I'm presenting [describe your data / survey results / numbers] to [describe your audience].
Output: Help me describe this data in 3 short and engaging ways that tell a story rather than just stating facts. Each version should surface a different insight or angle.
Role: You are a data storytelling expert who makes statistics come to life.
Example: Use the compelling style of a world-class media outlet — lead with the insight, not the number.
Better Data Visualization
Data
Get 3 creative chart alternatives to your boring bar chart — with step-by-step instructions to build them.
Give me 3 interesting but easy-to-understand ways to visualize [describe your data] that would be more engaging than a bar chart.
Then refine your suggestions to only include things that are easily doable with default tools in Excel or PowerPoint. I want to be able to create it in one minute or less. Include step-by-step instructions for each.
Deep Research Two-Step Process
Research
Use AI to refine your research question first, then deploy Deep Research for comprehensive results.
Step 1 — Refine with regular AI first:
I want to research [your topic]. Ask me clarifying questions to help me focus my research question before I use Deep Research. What do you need to know to help me find the most useful information?
Step 2 — Use your refined prompt in Deep Research:
[Use the refined prompt from Step 1 in Gemini's Deep Research feature]
Step 3 — After: Verify claims using the sources feature before treating output as final.
Flip the Script — AI Asks You
Research
Instead of guessing what AI needs, make it ask YOU the right questions before giving advice.
I need help with [describe your challenge broadly]. Before you give me any advice, ask me specific questions you need to know to give me truly helpful and personalized guidance.
Ask the questions one at a time, like a real conversation. Stop when you understand enough to give excellent advice.
Prompt Bootstrapping Template
Advanced
Have AI improve your existing prompt before you use it. Gets dramatically better results.
I want better results from this prompt:
[Paste your current prompt here]
Help me rewrite this prompt to be more effective. Use the CORE framework (Context, Output, Role, Example) to improve it. Show me the improved version, and explain what you changed and why.
Meta Prompting — Let AI Write Your Prompt
Advanced
Skip the prompt writing entirely. Describe your problem and let AI create the perfect prompt for you.
[Describe your challenge in plain English — no need to write a prompt]
Return a 10/10 outstanding prompt that I can use right away to get excellent help with this problem. Make the prompt comprehensive, specific, and ready to paste into any AI.
Chain-of-Thought Reasoning
Advanced
Unlock deeper AI analysis by making it show its reasoning step-by-step before giving a final answer.
[Your full CORE prompt here]
Think step by step before answering. Show me each step of your reasoning process so I can follow along and evaluate your logic as you go.
Discover New AI Features
Advanced
Use AI to keep yourself current with the latest platform capabilities — ask the tool about itself.
What new features or capabilities have been added to [Gemini / ChatGPT / Claude] recently that I might not know about? Focus on the absolute latest and coolest features — ones most people haven't discovered yet.
Then, for any feature that sounds interesting: give me a specific scenario where I'd use it instead of regular chat, and an outstanding 10/10 prompt I can try right away.
Hallucination Test — Expert Knowledge
Verification
Build your verification instincts by testing AI on topics where you're already an expert. Catch the lies before they matter.
[Ask AI increasingly specific questions about a topic you know deeply — your profession, hometown, hobby, etc.]
For example:
- Start with a general question
- Then ask for specific dates, names, statistics
- Then ask about very specific local or niche details
Note: When AI is wrong, how confident did it sound? What types of facts did it get wrong?
Cross-AI Red Teaming
Verification
Use one AI to evaluate and critique another's output. Models catch each other's blind spots.
[AI Tool A] gave this response about [topic]:
[Paste AI Tool A's response]
Objectively rate this response out of 10. Be honest and accurate. Identify:
- What did this response get right?
- What did it miss or get wrong?
- What would make this response a 10/10?
- How does it compare to your own approach?
Get Unstuck — 15-Minute Breakthrough
Advanced
The strategic problem-solving prompt when you're genuinely stuck on a specific workflow challenge.
Context: [Describe exactly where you're stuck — be specific about the task, your level, and what you've already tried]
Output: Give me a specific step-by-step process to break through this blockage. If relevant, also give me outstanding 10/10 prompts I can use to get AI help at each step. Make these prompts truly outstanding so they give me excellent output.
Role: Act as an expert in [your domain] who is also brilliant at using AI to solve practical workflow problems.
Example: Like a world-class tutorial — practical steps I can take in the next 15 minutes to actually make progress.
Document Analysis + Compare
Research
Upload multiple documents and use AI to compare, synthesize, and extract only what matters.
Context: Here are [number] documents about [topic]:
[Upload or paste documents]
Role: You are an expert [analyst / researcher / coach] helping someone [describe the goal].
Output: Create a comparison table showing: what all documents agree on, what's unique to each document, and what the best combined recommendation is.
Then design a [plan / itinerary / strategy] combining the best of all documents.