# Prompt Teardown

> A free weekly newsletter of AI prompts that work for ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Every prompt is copy-paste ready, with what it does, why it works, one gap and a simple fix.

For agents: every public page with title, type, date and summary is at https://promptteardown.com/content-index.json. The full text of every post is at https://promptteardown.com/llms-full.txt. Crawler rules and how to cite us: https://promptteardown.com/for-agents/

## Prompts
- [ChatGPT therapist prompts for overthinking](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompts-cant-sleep-overthinking-therapy/): ChatGPT therapist prompts for overthinking, a racing mind at night and the day before therapy. Each one asks you one question at a time and waits for your answer. (updated 2026-10-09)
- [AI brain dump prompt to plan your day or week](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-brain-dump-into-plan/): An AI brain dump prompt to plan your day or week. Talk through where things stand, paste the prompt, and get a ranked plan for tomorrow or next week. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [ChatGPT prompt to check its own answer](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-check-ai-own-answer/): A ChatGPT prompt to check its own answer. It finds the 3 weakest assumptions in its last reply, says why it made each one, and what changes if it's wrong. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [ChatGPT prompt to find holes in your idea](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-find-holes-in-your-idea/): A ChatGPT prompt to find holes in your idea before you spend real time on it. Two characters argue, one defends the idea and one tries to break it, and neither is allowed to be polite. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [ChatGPT prompt to get someone to say yes](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-get-someone-to-say-yes/): A ChatGPT prompt to get someone to say yes without pushing. It asks you 2 questions first, then builds your ask around a question they answer and 2 ways to say yes. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [ChatGPT grill me prompt to pressure-test a plan](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-grill-me-pressure-test-plan/): A ChatGPT grill me prompt to pressure-test a plan before you build it. It interviews you one question at a time and gives its own recommended answer to each. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [AI decision making prompt that argues back](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-hard-decision-making/): An AI decision making prompt that argues against the option you're leaning toward before it makes the call, so AI stops agreeing with you and names the one trade-off that matters. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [ChatGPT prompt for honest feedback on your work](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-honest-feedback-on-work/): A ChatGPT prompt for honest feedback on your work before you send it. It names the 3 weakest parts with a solution for each, the one part to keep, and a score out of 10. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [ChatGPT prompt to find limiting money beliefs](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-money-beliefs/): A ChatGPT prompt to find limiting money beliefs you didn't know you had, where each one came from, and 5 exercises to start breaking them this week. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [ChatGPT prompt to find the hidden costs of moving](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-moving-costs/): A ChatGPT prompt to find the hidden costs of moving: the deposits, activation and broker fees that wipe out a cheaper rent, plus your break-even. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [AI hard conversation prompt for what to say](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-prepare-hard-conversation/): An AI hard conversation prompt for what to say first and what to say when it goes sideways: an opening line, 3 questions for when it stalls and 3 phrases for when they get defensive. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [ChatGPT prompt to prepare for a meeting](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-prepare-meeting-with-someone/): A ChatGPT prompt to prepare for a meeting with someone. It helps you think through their side, what worries them and what would make the meeting worth their time, without writing you a script. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [ChatGPT prompt for a project pre-mortem](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-project-pre-mortem/): A ChatGPT prompt for a project pre-mortem. It ranks the 5 most likely reasons your project fails, with an early warning sign and an action for this week. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [AI proposal writing prompt for voice memos](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-proposal-from-voice-memo/): An AI proposal writing prompt for voice memos. Talk through the client call, paste the prompt, and get a proposal with scope, timeline and pricing. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [ChatGPT prompt to reply to an angry message](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-reply-angry-message-calmly/): A ChatGPT prompt to reply to an angry message without making it worse. It finds the real problem under the tone and gives you one calm line to open your reply. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [ChatGPT prompt to reply to an email](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-reply-to-email-with-goal/): A ChatGPT prompt to reply to an email with one extra line, the goal of the reply, so the draft says what you need instead of sounding polite and empty. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [AI research prompt that cites its sources](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-research-cite-sources/): An AI research prompt that cites its sources inline, uses only sources it actually pulled, and marks anything it can't check as unverified. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [AI writing style prompt to reverse engineer anyone](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-reverse-engineer-writing-style/): An AI writing style prompt to reverse engineer anyone's post, tweet or article. It names the structure, hook, voice and close, then turns them into a template for your own topic. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [ChatGPT prompt to rewrite an email before sending](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-rewrite-email-before-sending/): A ChatGPT prompt to rewrite an email before sending. It reads the email the way the person getting it will, names where it falls short, then rewrites it in your voice. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [AI savings plan prompt for a goal and a deadline](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-savings-plan-for-goal-deadline/): An AI savings plan prompt for a goal and a deadline. It runs your real numbers 2 ways, pay debt first or save while paying minimums, and tells you which path makes the deadline. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [ChatGPT prompt to get a second opinion on advice](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-second-opinion-on-advice/): A ChatGPT prompt to get a second opinion on advice before you act on it. It names what the source gains, how it could fail for you, and a small safe test. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [ChatGPT prompt to start a task in 25 minutes](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-start-task-25-minute-checklist/): A ChatGPT prompt to start a task in 25 minutes. It turns a big task you're stuck on into a checklist so small you don't have to make any decisions. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [AI prompt to stop AI from making things up](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-stop-ai-making-things-up/): An AI prompt to stop AI from making things up. It gives the model a way to say it's not sure, plus 4 lines that put every step of its math on the page. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [AI meeting summary prompt for voice notes](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-summarize-meeting-notes/): An AI meeting summary prompt for voice notes. Talk through the meeting, paste the prompt, and get decisions, action items with owners, and open questions. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [ChatGPT prompt to test your work as your customer](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-test-work-as-target-customer/): A ChatGPT prompt to test your work as your customer would see it. The model plays the person you made it for, sees it for the first time, and says out loud where it loses them. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [ChatGPT time audit prompt to see where time goes](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-time-audit-where-time-goes/): A ChatGPT time audit prompt to see where your time goes each week. It names your 5 biggest time drains, how many hours each costs, and what to do instead. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [AI weekly planner prompt to plan your week](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-weekly-planner/): An AI weekly planner prompt that pulls your meetings and tasks, asks how you work, and plans your week day by day with room for the task that runs long. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [AI prompt to prioritize tasks and cut repetitive work](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-prioritize-tasks-repetitive-work/): An AI prompt that sorts every task on your to-do list into do now, calendar or kill, then finds faster ways to do the boring steps inside the work you repeat. (updated 2026-09-23)
- [AI prompt for business ideas you can start | Test it first](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-come-up-with-business-idea/): An AI prompt that builds a business idea out of what you already know, then gives you a way to test it without a product, a company or any money up front. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [Fantasy football draft assistant AI prompt](https://promptteardown.com/blog/fantasy-football-draft-assistant-prompt-challenge/): A $100 challenge to write one fantasy football draft AI prompt that guides all 15 rounds. Rules, judging, and how to enter before September 4, 2026. (updated 2026-08-31)
- [Free AI prompt for an HVAC website](https://promptteardown.com/blog/hvac-website-design-with-ai/): A free AI prompt that builds a complete HVAC website in ChatGPT or Claude. No monthly subscription like Lovable or Bolt. You keep the files and host them free. (updated 2026-08-15)
- [Chronoid review: automatic Mac time tracking](https://promptteardown.com/blog/chronoid-review-automatic-time-tracking-mac/): A Chronoid review after a year of daily use. Automatic time tracking for Mac that keeps every record local, what connecting an LLM adds, and the SOP trick nobody advertises. (updated 2026-07-28)
- [A prompt to stop overthinking money & make one move](https://promptteardown.com/blog/stop-overthinking-money-make-one-move/): An AI prompt that asks 5 questions about your money, picks the one move that matters most this month, & tells you what to stop worrying about. (updated 2026-05-13)
- [AI voice memo prompts for proposals, meetings & plans](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-voice-memo-prompts-proposals-meetings-plans/): 3 voice-first prompts that turn dictation & voice memos into client proposals, meeting summaries, & weekly plans. (updated 2026-05-08)
- [AI website prompt to build a site from scratch](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-build-website-from-scratch/): An AI website prompt that asks about your project first, then builds a complete animated site as one HTML file. Free to deploy. Copy and paste it. (updated 2026-04-29)
- [How to write AI prompts that actually work](https://promptteardown.com/blog/how-to-write-ai-prompts-that-actually-work/): Skip the mega-prompts and role-playing tricks. Here's what actually changes model output, based on real prompts we've reviewed. (updated 2026-04-25)

## Newsletter issues
- [AI prompt to track your accomplishments at work](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-track-accomplishments-at-work/): An AI prompt to track your accomplishments at work each week, with the exact words people used, so you have proof ready for a raise, a resume or a reference. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [Claude motion graphics prompt for a promo video](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-claude-motion-graphics-promo-video/): A Claude motion graphics prompt that turns one paste into a 15-second promo video for your business. The formula, the setup, and where it falls short. (updated 2026-09-28)
- [The AI Prompt That Checks the Contract Before You Sign It](https://promptteardown.com/blog/prompt-that-checks-contracts-before-you-sign-it/): An AI contract prompt that finds what is buried in any agreement, adds up what it really costs you, and gives you 5 questions to ask before you sign. (updated 2026-09-09)
- [How to find out if AI will take your job](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompts-will-ai-take-your-job/): 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. (updated 2026-08-25)
- [How to tell if AI ignores your instructions](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-check-ai-still-follows-instructions/): 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. (updated 2026-08-20)
- [AI prompt to find things to do this weekend near you](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-things-to-do-this-weekend-near-me/): 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. (updated 2026-08-15)
- [ChatGPT room design: 4 AI prompts from photo to budget](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompts-chatgpt-room-design-from-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. (updated 2026-08-14)
- [AI prompt for a follow up email after no response](https://promptteardown.com/blog/prompts-for-thing-you-keep-putting-off/): 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. (updated 2026-08-06)
- [How to choose a credit card with AI](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompt-compare-credit-card-welcome-offers/): 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. (updated 2026-07-30)
- [AI prompt to prepare for a doctor visit](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompts-doctor-visit-moving-costs-big-decisions/): An AI prompt to prepare for a doctor visit. It turns your symptoms into a timeline, the questions to ask and what to bring, plus 2 more prompts. (updated 2026-07-23)
- [The AI prompt that wins a yes, and one that cites sources](https://promptteardown.com/blog/prompt-to-win-a-yes-make-ai-cite-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. (updated 2026-07-16)
- [Rewrite a dead email & plan a week you can finish](https://promptteardown.com/blog/rewrite-an-email-plan-your-week-summarize-a-book/): 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. (updated 2026-07-10)
- [How to use AI to find the best hotel for your trip](https://promptteardown.com/blog/how-to-use-ai-find-best-hotel/): 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. (updated 2026-06-22)
- [Plan your money, gamify a book, test on a stranger](https://promptteardown.com/blog/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. (updated 2026-06-11)
- [Save your prompts, decode a text, make a hard call](https://promptteardown.com/blog/save-your-prompts-decode-a-text-make-a-hard-call/): Three AI prompts worth saving this week: honest feedback on your work, a tool that decodes a hostile message before you reply, and a decision chain that argues against you. Plus a teardown of slash commands. (updated 2026-06-05)
- [Vanity prompts that show you what to sell & where time goes](https://promptteardown.com/blog/ai-prompts-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. (updated 2026-05-21)
- [The Self-Check Prompt, the Checklist, & the Reverse-Engineer](https://promptteardown.com/blog/the-self-check-prompt-the-checklist-and-the-reverse-engineer/): Plus a teardown of a prompt that wants you to do yoga before talking to your boss. (updated 2026-05-13)
- [The prompts people save vs. the prompts that work](https://promptteardown.com/blog/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. (updated 2026-05-05)
- [The best prompts on Reddit this week](https://promptteardown.com/blog/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. (updated 2026-04-28)
- [How to use this AI prompt newsletter](https://promptteardown.com/blog/how-to-use-this-newsletter/): How the Prompt Teardown AI prompt newsletter works: ready-to-paste prompts in your inbox every week, the full walkthrough on the website, and how to find old ones. (updated 2026-09-28)

## Topics
- [AI prompts for money](https://promptteardown.com/blog/topics/money/): AI prompts for credit cards, budgeting, and money decisions you keep putting off. Each one reviewed, simplified, and ready to paste.
- [AI prompts for work](https://promptteardown.com/blog/topics/work/): AI prompts for meetings, proposals, planning your week, and tracking where your time actually goes. Reviewed, simplified, ready to paste.
- [AI prompts for email](https://promptteardown.com/blog/topics/email/): AI prompts for writing email: follow ups after no response, rewriting a message that died, and knowing when not to send one.
- [AI prompts for your home](https://promptteardown.com/blog/topics/home/): AI prompts for redesigning a room from a photo and pricing out what a move really costs. Reviewed, simplified, and ready to paste.
- [AI prompts for travel](https://promptteardown.com/blog/topics/travel/): AI prompts for picking a hotel and finding something to do this weekend, built on the pages that actually list what is on.
- [AI prompts to build a website](https://promptteardown.com/blog/topics/websites/): AI prompts that build a complete website as a single file you own. Paste into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini and host it free.
- [AI prompts for decision making](https://promptteardown.com/blog/topics/decisions/): AI prompts for decision making that argue against the option you are leaning toward, so a hard call gets a real answer and not just agreement.
- [AI prompts for mental health](https://promptteardown.com/blog/topics/health/): ChatGPT prompts for mental health that ask one question at a time, for a racing mind at night, a thought on repeat and what to bring to therapy.
- [How to write AI prompts](https://promptteardown.com/blog/topics/basics/): How to write AI prompts that actually work, what separates a saved prompt from a useful one, and how to get started here.

## Free tools
- [HVAC website prompt, free and no signup](https://promptteardown.com/tools/hvac-website-prompt/): Fill in 7 fields and get a ready-to-paste HVAC website prompt that builds a complete site. Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. Free, no signup, and it hosts free on Netlify.

## About this site
- [Prompt Teardown](https://promptteardown.com/): A free weekly newsletter of AI prompts that work, each one reviewed and simplified.
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- [Newsletter archive](https://promptteardown.com/archive/): Every newsletter issue in order.
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