60 Best AI Productivity Prompts
for Claude & ChatGPT

Summarize the following document. Format your response as: **One-sentence summary:** [The whole document in one sentence] **Key points:** [5-7 bullet points, most important first] **Decisions or recommendations:** [Anything the document proposes or concludes] **Action items:** [Any tasks, deadlines, or owners mentioned] **What's missing or unclear:** [Gaps or questions raised but not answered] Document: [PASTE DOCUMENT HERE]Copy

Summarize this email thread in under 150 words. Format as: **Decision made:** [one sentence, or "none yet"] **Key points:** [3-5 bullets, most important first] **Action items:** [who needs to do what, with any deadlines mentioned] **Open questions:** [anything unresolved that needs a decision] Email thread: [PASTE THREAD]Copy

Summarize the key ideas from [BOOK/ARTICLE TITLE] by [AUTHOR]. Focus on: 1. The central argument or thesis 2. The 3-5 most actionable insights 3. What the author recommends doing differently 4. What the evidence is (or the limits of the evidence) 5. One thing you'd push back on or that seems oversimplified Make this useful for someone who wants to apply the ideas, not just understand them.Copy

Convert these meeting notes into a clean action item list. Meeting notes: [PASTE ROUGH NOTES OR TRANSCRIPT] Output format: **Meeting summary:** [1-2 sentences] **Decisions made:** [bulleted list] **Action items:** [each as: "Person → Task → Deadline (if mentioned)"] **Parking lot:** [topics raised but deferred] **Follow-up meeting needed:** [yes/no, and why]Copy

Create a week-by-week project plan for [PROJECT]. Project description: [WHAT WE'RE BUILDING OR DOING] Timeline: [START DATE] to [END DATE] Team: [WHO'S INVOLVED AND THEIR ROLES] Key constraints: [BUDGET / DEPENDENCIES / HARD DEADLINES] Success criteria: [HOW WE KNOW IT'S DONE] For each week: - Primary milestone (one concrete deliverable) - Key tasks to reach the milestone (3-5) - Dependencies (what must be done first) - Risks to flag Keep it realistic — don't compress everything into week 1.Copy

Help me prioritize this task list using the [Eisenhower matrix / MoSCoW method / ICE scoring]. My tasks: [PASTE YOUR TASK LIST] Context: - My main goal right now: [WHAT MATTERS MOST THIS WEEK/MONTH] - Time available: [HOW MANY HOURS/DAYS] - Constraints: [DEADLINES, DEPENDENCIES] For each task: assign a priority, explain why, and recommend what to do (do now / schedule / delegate / drop).Copy

Identify the top risks for [PROJECT/DECISION/PLAN]. Context: [DESCRIBE WHAT YOU'RE DOING] For each risk: - Risk description (one sentence) - Likelihood: High / Medium / Low - Impact if it happens: High / Medium / Low - Early warning signs (how would I know this is starting to happen?) - Mitigation (what can be done now to reduce likelihood or impact) Prioritize: list risks in order of (Likelihood × Impact). Also: name any assumptions I'm making that, if wrong, would invalidate the whole plan.Copy

Help me decide between [OPTION A] and [OPTION B]. Context: - What I'm trying to achieve: [GOAL] - My constraints: [TIME / MONEY / PEOPLE / OTHER] - What I know about each option: [WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW] - What I don't know: [WHAT YOU'D NEED TO FIND OUT] Analyze both options on these dimensions: - [DIMENSION 1: e.g., cost, time, reversibility, risk] - [DIMENSION 2] - [DIMENSION 3] Then: give me a recommendation. Don't hedge — pick one and explain why, while naming the condition under which I'd change that answer.Copy

Run a pre-mortem on this plan. Assume it's [DATE IN THE FUTURE] and [PROJECT/PLAN] has failed completely. The plan: [DESCRIBE WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO] Write a post-mortem from the future. What went wrong? Work backwards from failure: 1. What was the most likely single point of failure? 2. What assumption turned out to be wrong? 3. What warning signs were ignored? 4. What external factor derailed it? 5. What internal dynamics caused problems? Then: given those failure modes, what should I change about the plan before I start?Copy

Help me write a difficult email about [SITUATION]. The situation: [DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED AND THE RELATIONSHIP] What I want to communicate: [YOUR ACTUAL MESSAGE] What I want the outcome to be: [WHAT YOU WANT TO HAPPEN AFTER THEY READ IT] Tone needed: [direct / empathetic / firm / diplomatic] Things to avoid in this email: [PHRASES OR APPROACHES THAT WON'T WORK WITH THIS PERSON] Write the email. Under 200 words. One clear ask or statement at the end.Copy

Help me prepare for a difficult conversation with [PERSON / ROLE]. Context: [WHAT THE CONVERSATION IS ABOUT AND THE RELATIONSHIP] What I want to say: [YOUR MAIN POINTS] What I anticipate they'll say: [THEIR LIKELY RESPONSES OR OBJECTIONS] My goal: [WHAT A SUCCESSFUL CONVERSATION LOOKS LIKE] Give me: 1. An opening that sets the right tone without sounding like a script 2. The 2-3 key points I need to make 3. How to handle their most likely pushback 4. How to close toward action rather than letting it end in vaguenessCopy

Build an agenda for a [LENGTH]-minute meeting about [TOPIC]. Meeting goal: [WHAT SHOULD BE DECIDED OR ACCOMPLISHED BY THE END] Attendees: [WHO'S THERE AND THEIR ROLES] Background: [CONTEXT THEY NEED TO KNOW BEFORE OR DURING] Known discussion items: [TOPICS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED] Format: - Pre-read (2-3 sentences attendees should have context on) - Time-boxed agenda (with minutes allocated per item) - Decision questions (the specific questions we need to answer by end of meeting) - Owner for each item - Parking lot section for off-topic itemsCopy

Explain [TOPIC] to me. Assume I know [WHAT YOU DO KNOW] but I'm new to [WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW]. Use: - An analogy to something I'm already familiar with - Concrete examples, not abstract definitions - The single most important thing to understand first - What I would be wrong about if I only learned the surface version Skip: jargon unless you define it, Wikipedia-style definitions, comprehensive coverage (depth over breadth)Copy

Generate 15 study questions on [TOPIC/MATERIAL]. Include: - 5 factual recall questions (test whether I remember key facts) - 5 conceptual questions (test whether I understand why, not just what) - 5 application questions (test whether I can use this knowledge in a scenario) For each question, provide the answer on a separate line so I can test myself and then check. Level: [beginner / intermediate / advanced] Focus area: [any specific sub-topic or learning goal]Copy