The AI prompt that tells you if your job is next
Two AI prompts that work out whether AI will take your job, using your real week and your city's rules, then script the pay conversation that follows.
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Every past issue of Prompt Teardown.
AI prompts reviewed, simplified, and ready to use.
The prompt that tells you when your AI is drifting
How to tell when ChatGPT or Claude stops following your custom instructions, using a one-line drift check in your system prompt. Plus 2 more prompts.
How to use AI to find things to do this weekend near you
One AI prompt that finds things to do this weekend near you. It asks 6 questions, hands you a menu of 21 ideas, then searches the local pages that actually list events.
4 AI prompts that redesign your room from a photo
A 4-prompt ChatGPT room design chain that redesigns your room from a photo, names every item in it, and keeps you inside budget.
The AI prompt that refuses to write your email
An AI prompt that writes a follow up email after no response, and refuses to write one when you have no real reason to send it.
Choose a credit card with AI, without the affiliate skew
An AI prompt chain that compares credit card welcome offers from the issuer's own terms and your spending, not from comparison sites earning a commission.
3 AI prompts you'll wish you saved before you need them
An AI prompt that finds the hidden costs of moving, the deposits, activation and broker fees that wipe out a cheaper rent, plus two more: one that preps you for a doctor visit and one that pressure-tests any advice.
The AI prompt that wins a yes, and one that cites sources
Three AI prompts this week that make the model prove it: one that wins a yes without pushing, a research prompt that forces AI to cite every source, and the viral grill-me prompt that pressure-tests any plan before you build it.
Rewrite a dead email & plan a week you can finish
Two AI prompts, one that rewrites and sharpens an email before you send it and one that plans an entire week you can actually finish, plus a teardown of the book summary prompt that asks for everything.
How to use AI to find the best hotel for your trip
Most people let AI guess at hotels and get a confident, useless answer. Here's a 3-prompt method that pulls real prices and reviews to find the best hotel for your trip.
Plan your money, gamify a book, test on a stranger
Three AI prompts that run on context you already have: a money plan from your real numbers, a game that teaches you any book, and a test that reads your work as the person it's for. Plus the one line that gets a model to admit it's not sure.
Save your prompts, decode a text, make a hard call
Three AI prompts worth saving this week: a fill-in-the-blank critique template, a tool that decodes a hostile message before you reply, and a decision chain that argues against you. Plus a teardown of slash commands.
Vanity prompts that show you what to sell & where time goes
Two AI prompts that show you what you could sell & where your time actually goes, plus a teardown of a prompt that just agrees with everything you say.
The Self-Check Prompt, the Checklist, & the Reverse-Engineer
Plus a teardown of a prompt that wants you to do yoga before talking to your boss.
The prompts people save vs. the prompts that work
A weekly planner, an idea stress test, a Socratic tutor, and a conversation planner. 4 prompts reviewed, simplified, and ready to use.
The best prompts on Reddit this week
A meal planner, a journaling partner, an email template, and a project pre-mortem. 4 prompts reviewed, simplified, and ready to use.
How to use this AI prompt newsletter
Every issue is a prompt you can save and search later. Here's how to turn your inbox into a personal prompt library.