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Prompts for Gemini

Community-tested ways to get more useful results from Gemini.

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Refresh a listicle so it stays true

Update this listicle: {{paste current content}}. It ranks for "{{keyword}}". For every item, verify against live sources: does the product still exist, has it been acquired or ren…

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Socratic tutor that won't just answer

Be my tutor for {{topic}}. Rules for the entire conversation, which you must not break: 1. Never give me the answer to a problem I'm working on. Ask the question that gets me unst…

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Find the slow thing before optimising

This is slow: {{describe symptom, e.g. endpoint takes 4s at p95}}. Here's the code and what I know: {{paste code, query plans, timings, data volumes}}. Don't optimise yet. First: …

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Read a survey without fooling yourself

Here are survey results: {{paste questions, response counts, and open-text answers}}. It was distributed via {{channel}} to {{who}}, with {{n}} responses out of {{invited}}. 1. St…

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Explain it at four levels until it clicks

Explain {{concept}} at four levels, each complete on its own: 1. INTUITION — one paragraph, no jargon, built on something I already experience daily. Then say precisely where this…

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Diagnose why a ranking page is decaying

This page has lost rankings: {{URL}}. Its target keyword is "{{keyword}}". Traffic went from {{before}} to {{after}} between {{dates}}. Work through the hypotheses in order of lik…

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Design review before you write the service

Review this design before I build it: {{paste design or describe: what it does, data model, endpoints, dependencies, expected scale}}. Attack it in this order: 1. FAILURE MODES — …

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Write for AI search citation, not just blue links

I want this page to be cited by AI answer engines for "{{query}}": {{paste page content}}. Assess and fix: 1. Extractability — is there a self-contained 40-60 word answer to the q…

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Ninety days of positioning-first content, not topics

Build a 90-day content plan for {{company}} selling {{product}} to {{audience}}. Start from positioning, not topics: 1. State the one belief we need the market to hold. Then the t…

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Pressure-test a strategy against reality

Here's our strategy: {{paste}}. Context: {{stage, team size, runway, market}}. Assess it as a skeptical board member: 1. Is this a strategy or a list of goals? Name the actual cho…

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Size a market from the bottom up

Size the market for {{product}} sold to {{customer type}} in {{geography}}. Build it bottom-up, not from an analyst's TAM number: 1. Define the unit of demand precisely (a company…

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Find the offer, not just the copy

We sell {{product}} at {{price}} to {{audience}}. Conversion is {{rate}}. Don't fix my copy — interrogate the offer. Work through: 1. What exactly is the buyer trading, in money, …

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Turn a messy meeting transcript into a decision log

You are my chief of staff. Below is a raw meeting transcript. Produce a decision log with exactly four sections: 1. DECISIONS — each as "We decided X because Y". Only include thin…

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Learn a language with a corrected daily loop

Be my {{language}} practice partner. My level: {{level}}. Goal: {{e.g. handle a work meeting}}. Each session: 1. Speak to me only in {{language}}, at one notch above my level, on …

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Build a topical hub that actually interlinks

I want topical authority for "{{topic}}". My existing pages: {{paste list of URLs and titles}}. 1. Map the topic into its real subtopic tree, three levels deep, based on how pract…

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Price a product from value, not from cost

Help me price {{product}} for {{customer}}. Current: {{price and model, or none}}. Costs: {{unit cost}}. Competitors: {{names and prices}}. 1. Quantify the value: what does the cu…

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Fact-check my own draft against sources

Fact-check the draft below. Work claim by claim. Output a table: Claim (quoted) | Type (statistic / attribution / causal / definitional) | Verdict (supported / unsupported / partl…

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Translate expert writing for a smart non-expert

Rewrite the technical passage below for a smart reader with no background in the field. They are curious, not stupid — do not dumb it down, remove the need for prior knowledge. Me…

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Landing page teardown against the message hierarchy

Tear down the landing page copy below for {{audience}}. Evaluate in this order and stop at the first failure to explain why it's fatal: 1. In 5 seconds, can the visitor say what t…

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Partnership evaluation without the excitement

We're considering a partnership with {{partner}}: {{describe proposed structure}}. Our situation: {{stage, priorities}}. Evaluate coldly: 1. What does each side actually get, quan…

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Practice problems calibrated to my edge

Generate practice problems for {{topic}} at my level. Recent evidence of my level: {{describe what I can and can't do, or paste an attempt}}. Give me 8 problems: - 2 that I should…

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Design an experiment that can actually conclude

I want to test {{change}} on {{surface}}. Baseline: {{metric and current value}}, traffic {{volume per week}}. Design the test: 1. State the hypothesis as a mechanism, not a hope:…

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Build a research agent that cites everything

Research this question and answer it as a citing agent would: "{{question}}". Process, and show your work at each stage: 1. Decompose the question into the 4-6 sub-questions that …

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Turn a skill into deliberate practice

I want to get better at {{skill}}. Current level: {{honest description}}. Recent example of my work: {{paste or describe}}. I can practise {{minutes}} per day. 1. Decompose the sk…

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Explain a metric move without inventing a story

{{Metric}} moved from {{before}} to {{after}} between {{dates}}. Context: {{what you know — launches, campaigns, seasonality, outages}}. Data available: {{list dimensions you can s…

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Structured extraction from messy documents

Extract structured data from the document below into this schema: {{list fields with types and whether required}}. Rules: 1. Return valid JSON only, matching the schema exactly. N…

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Pre-mortem a campaign before you spend

Here's a campaign I'm about to launch: {{describe channel, offer, budget, timeline, target}}. Run a pre-mortem. It's 60 days later and the campaign clearly failed. 1. Write the t…

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Cluster keywords by intent, not by string

Here is a keyword export: {{paste keyword, volume, difficulty rows}}. 1. Cluster by search intent, not by shared words. Two keywords belong together only if the same page could sa…

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Analyse a SERP before writing the page

Target query: "{{keyword}}". Analyse the current top 10 results. For each result: URL, page type, word count estimate, what specific question it answers in the first 100 words, th…

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Learn a hard topic with a real syllabus

I want to learn {{topic}} to the point where I can {{concrete capability}}. I currently know: {{honest baseline}}. I have {{hours per week}} for {{weeks}}. Build a syllabus: 1. De…

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Turn a rough idea into a testable business case

Idea: {{describe}}. I believe {{who}} will pay for it because {{why}}. 1. Restate the idea as a falsifiable business case: who, problem, current alternative, why now, and how we'd…

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Structure a long piece before writing a word

I'm writing a {{length}}-word piece for {{audience}} about {{topic}}. My thesis: {{thesis}}. Before outlining, do this: 1. Name the reader's current belief and the belief I need t…

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Turn one dataset into a linkable asset

I have this dataset: {{describe columns, size, source, time range}}. 1. List the 10 most link-worthy findings this data could support — each stated as a headline claim with the ex…

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Stress-test my argument before I publish it

Red-team the argument below. Assume a smart, hostile, well-read critic will read it publicly. Produce: 1. STEELMAN — restate my argument in its strongest form, better than I wrote…

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Explain a statistical result to a non-technical exec

Here's the result: {{paste the numbers — effect size, confidence interval, p-value, sample size, whatever you have}}. Method: {{what you did}}. Audience: {{role}}, who will use it …

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Competitor messaging map from public pages

Research these competitors: {{list}}. Use only their live public pages, docs, pricing, changelogs, and job posts. Build a messaging map: 1. Table per competitor: hero claim (quote…

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Audit a page for the thing that's blocking it

Audit this page for "{{keyword}}": {{paste HTML or content plus URL}}. Don't give me a 40-item checklist. Find what's actually blocking it and rank by impact: Check: whether the …

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Turn a review dump into positioning language

Here are {{n}} customer reviews: {{paste them raw, good and bad}}. Don't summarise them. Mine them: 1. The exact phrases customers use for the problem, quoted verbatim, grouped by…

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Set the kill criteria before you start the bet

You are the person who has to shut this down if it fails. We are about to commit to {{initiative}}. The bet: {{what we are doing, why now, who is on it, cost in money and headcount…

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Estimate work you have never done before

I've been asked how long this will take: {{describe the work}}. What I know: {{stack, team size, what already exists}}. What I've never done before: {{the unfamiliar part}}. Break…

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Write a conference talk abstract that gets accepted

Conference: {{name, audience, track}}. The CFP asks for {{format and length}}. My talk is about {{topic}}. What I actually learned the hard way: {{the real story}}. Who I want in t…

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Plan next week from an overloaded task list

Act as my chief of staff for a weekly plan. I will paste my task list and my fixed commitments. Step 1 — Sort every task into: THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK, DELEGATE, or DROP. Every task …

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Programmatic page template that isn't thin

I want to generate pages for the pattern "{{pattern, e.g. best AI tools for X}}" across {{n}} values. My data per page: {{list available fields}}. 1. Tell me honestly whether this…

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Debug the thing that only fails in production

This works locally and fails in production. Symptoms: {{describe, including frequency and pattern}}. Environment differences I know of: {{list}}. Logs: {{paste}}. Work the problem…

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Positioning statement that survives the sales call

Position {{product}}. Raw material: {{what it does, who uses it today, what they used before, what they say about it, competitors}}. Work through, in order: 1. COMPETITIVE ALTERNA…

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Decide which campaign to kill this month

You are a paid media analyst. I have a fixed budget and too many live campaigns. Below are the numbers per campaign. Work in this order: 1. For each campaign, state spend, the res…

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Compress a long report into what matters

Summarise the document below for {{role}} who needs to decide {{decision}}. Give me: 1. THE ONE THING — if they read nothing else, this sentence. 2. WHAT IT SAYS — five bullets, e…

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Work out why a concept still isn't sticking

I have studied {{topic}} and it still does not click. Act as a diagnostician, not a re-explainer. Here is my own explanation of it, in my words, mistakes included: {{write your und…

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Build a flashcard deck that isn't trivia

You are turning source material into a spaced-repetition deck for someone who needs to use this knowledge, not recite it. I will paste the material. Produce a table with columns: …

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Find 15% of spend to cut without breaking anything

You are a CFO who has done this before and does not enjoy it. Cut roughly {{target}}% of {{annual or monthly}} spend without damaging what earns revenue. Spend list: {{paste line i…

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Decide with a one-page decision brief

I need to decide: {{decision}}. Options I see: {{list}}. Constraints: {{time, money, people}}. What I know: {{facts}}. Build a decision brief: 1. Reframe the decision — is this th…

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Context window budget for a long-running task

I'm building something that processes {{describe volume of material}} to produce {{output}}. Model context: {{limit}}. Design the context strategy: 1. Budget the window: what must…

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Write three ad angles from one customer objection

You are a direct-response copywriter. I will give you a product and one real objection customers raise before buying. Produce THREE distinct ad angles that each defeat that object…

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