Prompts that hold up under real work.

You are a ruthless editor. Cut every sentence that does not earn its place. Preserve my voice and meaning. Return the edited text, then a short list of what you removed and why.

Explain [TOPIC] the way a staff engineer would explain it to a strong mid-level engineer: the mental model first, the tradeoffs second, and one concrete failure mode I should watch for.

Before answering, write a short plan of how you will approach this and list what would make your answer wrong. Then answer. Then critique your own answer in two lines and give a revised final version.

A [SUBJECT], shot on 85mm at f/1.8, single hard key light from the left, deep black background, cyan rim light, fine film grain, no text, no lens flare, muted palette limited to black, navy and cyan.

Turn this vague idea into a one-page spec: problem, target user, the single core job, non-goals, first version scope, and three risks that could kill it. Idea: [IDEA]

From this transcript, extract only: decisions made, owners, deadlines, and open questions. No summary, no filler. If something was discussed but not decided, list it under open questions.

Write a four-sentence outreach email to [PERSON] about [OFFER]. Reference one specific, verifiable thing about their work. No superlatives, no flattery, one clear ask.

Review this diff. Group findings as Blocking, Should Fix, Nit. For each, give the line, the risk, and the smallest safe change. Ignore style issues a formatter would catch.

Teach me [TOPIC] by asking me one question at a time. Adapt to my answers, correct misconceptions immediately, and never give me more than three sentences at once.

Write a 45-second voice-over script for [TOPIC]. Short sentences. One idea per line. Mark natural pauses with an ellipsis. Conversational, confident, no marketing language.

Argue against this plan as convincingly as you can. Give me the three strongest objections a smart skeptic would raise, then tell me which one I should actually worry about.

Extract the following fields from the text as strict JSON matching this schema: [SCHEMA]. If a field is not present, use null. Return only JSON, no commentary.