Squeeze My Prompt
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I want to write or edit something.

Every question is optional. The ones marked Recommended matter most.

What do you need?

For example: A 150-word email asking my landlord to fix the heating by Friday without souring things.

For example: My landlord; polite but slow to act; has ignored one text already.

For example: your pasted draft.

For example: Heating broken since 3 Nov; second request; I'm home after 4pm.

For example: Firm, warm, plain English.

For example: Under 150 words, 3 short paragraphs.

For example: Light edit: keep my opening and sign-off.

For example: Email, read on a phone.

For example: Don't mention the deposit.

For example: Two: one gentler, one firmer.

More detail, if you have it

How should the AI start?
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How to brief an AI to write or edit

Use this form for anything made of words: an email, a cover letter, a post, a report, a speech. Choose a mode at the top. Most AI writing requests are about text people already have: in a study of how people use ChatGPT, about two-thirds of writing requests asked it to change text the person supplied. So “Edit mine” and “Rewrite for a new purpose” are as important as “Write new”.

  • What and why. Say what the piece is and what it should make happen. Anthropic’s prompting guide says that when you give the reason behind a request, the AI can apply it to choices you did not spell out.
  • Reader. The same guide suggests writing for the AI as you would for a capable new colleague who lacks context.
  • Your text or notes. Paste your draft or notes here. The form puts them before the request, which is the order Anthropic and Google both advise.
  • Must-include points. Listing the facts that must appear, and marking any you are unsure of, helps keep the AI from inventing specifics. OpenAI’s prompt guidance advises keeping sourced facts separate from creative wording and using placeholders for anything unsupported.
  • Voice and tone. Name a style, or paste a short sample. Anthropic calls examples one of the most reliable ways to steer tone. Telling the AI it is an expert does not make it more accurate (Wharton, 2025), so describe the voice instead.

A worked example

A tenant wants to improve a short email to a landlord. With “Edit mine” chosen, the form composes:

I need you to edit this: A 150-word email asking my landlord to fix the heating by Friday without souring things.

<context>
Who will read it: My landlord; polite but slow to act; has ignored one text already.
</context>

<source_material>
My draft: Hi Mr. Chen, the heating is still off. Please fix it soon. Thanks, Sam
</source_material>

<constraints>
These points must appear: Heating broken since 3 Nov; second request; I'm home after 4pm.
Voice and tone: Firm, warm, plain English.
How heavy an edit: Light edit: keep my opening and sign-off.
Do not invent facts. Use a placeholder in [brackets] for anything I have not given you.
</constraints>

<output_format>
Return the revised text first, then a short list of the main changes.
</output_format>

If the information here is not enough to answer well, say so and tell me what you would need. If something missing would materially change the result, ask me up to 3 short questions first. Otherwise proceed and state your assumptions.

What the form adds for you

When you list must-include points it tells the AI to use a placeholder in brackets rather than invent a fact, and when you edit it asks for the revised text first with a short list of changes, so you can see what moved.