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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Practical education & learning prompts tested with useful AI apps.
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…
Run a workshop people don't zone out in
Design a {{duration}} workshop on {{topic}} for {{n}} people who are {{roles and level}}. Success = they can {{capability}} afterwards. 1. State the one thing they must leave able…
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 …
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…
Prepare for an exam by working backwards
I have {{exam}} in {{days}} days. Syllabus: {{paste}}. Past paper patterns: {{describe or paste}}. My current state: {{what's solid, what's shaky, what's untouched}}. 1. Work back…
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…
Give feedback that actually lands
Help me give feedback to {{person, role, relationship to me}} about {{situation}}. What I've observed: {{specific incidents with dates}}. What I want to change: {{behaviour}}. Cont…
Teach me by making me teach it back
I'm going to explain {{concept}} to you as if you were {{audience, e.g. a smart 15-year-old}}. Here's my explanation: {{paste}}. Respond as follows: 1. Play the audience: ask the …
Make notes you'll actually reread
Turn this material into notes I'll actually use: {{paste lecture transcript, chapter, or article}}. Purpose: {{exam, work application, long-term understanding}}. Produce: 1. THE S…
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…
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…
Study from a dense paper without drowning
Help me read this paper: {{paste or attach}}. My background: {{level}}. Why I'm reading it: {{purpose}}. 1. THE CLAIM — what the paper argues, in two sentences, and why it mattere…