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Research a prospect in five minutes

Research {{company}} and {{person, title}} for a sales conversation. Use only public sources and cite each. Give me: 1. What the company does, in one sentence a customer would rec…

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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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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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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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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…

134 copies · 20 likes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…

71 copies · 9 likes
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Daily briefing agent that earns its slot

Write today's briefing from these inputs: {{metrics, calendar, inbox summary, alerts, industry news, team updates}}. My role: {{role}}. What I'm accountable for: {{list}}. Structu…

72 copies · 10 likes
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Build a reading list that goes somewhere

Build me a reading path for {{topic}}, aimed at {{goal}}. My background: {{level}}. 1. Give 8-12 items in reading order, each with: title, author, year, format, why it comes at th…

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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…

57 copies · 7 likes