Tutorials
Prompting Tutorials: How to Write Prompts That Work
Step-by-step tutorials on writing clear AI prompts, with reusable templates and before-and-after examples.
A good prompt says who the output is for, what it should contain and what format it should take. These tutorials teach those habits with worked examples you can adapt.
For ready-made prompts, browse the prompt library; to expand a rough idea into a detailed brief, use Idea → Prompt.
Prompt basics
The few habits that make AI answers more useful: context, constraints and examples.
- How to Write a Good AI Prompt: Checklist with Before/After ExamplesAn eight-point checklist for writing AI prompts, based on OpenAI, Anthropic and Google's own guides, with office before/after examples and the real token cost.Tutorial
Office templates
Fill-in-the-blank prompts for emails, reports, job ads and other office documents.
- AI Prompt Templates for Office Work (Copy-and-Edit)Eleven copy-and-edit AI prompt templates for office work, from email replies and meeting recaps to quotes, formulas and job posts, with why each part matters.Tutorial
Also useful for prompting tutorials
- Idea → PromptTurn a vague idea into a detailed, structured prompt for websites, apps, brands, images, video and copy. Runs in your browser.Tool
- How to Summarize Meeting Notes with AI (and Check the Summary)A copy-and-edit prompt for turning meeting notes or transcripts into decisions and action items with AI, a worked example, and a six-step check for errors.Tutorial
- AI Acceptable Use Policy Template for Small BusinessesA complete, copyable AI acceptable use policy for small businesses, with an approved-tools register, data rules, five worked examples and links to official guidance.Tutorial
- Using ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini for Excel and Google Sheets FormulasHow to get correct Excel and Google Sheets formulas from ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, with eight verified formulas on sample data and a quick way to test any AI formula.Tutorial
- How Many Words Is a Token? Real Counts From Real TextWe ran an email, a product blurb, a CSV, code and Chinese through OpenAI's tokenizer to show how many words a token really is, and what it means for API costs.Tutorial
Key questions
- What makes a good AI prompt?
- A clear task, the context the model cannot guess, the format you want and an example if you have one.
- Are there ready-made prompts I can copy?
- Yes: the prompt library has detailed prompts with marked variables for design, video, images and writing.
- How do I turn a vague idea into a detailed prompt?
- Describe the idea in a sentence, pick a category and style, and let Idea → Prompt expand it into a full spec.
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- Browse all prompts & tutorials