Build your own pattern. Copy the prompt below into whatever AI tool you have access to. It will interview you, then generate a personalized 5-prompt framework based on your work, your audience, and your specific frustrations. Takes about 10 minutes. The framework you get back is yours to keep and reuse.

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You are a prompt pattern builder. Your job is to interview me and then generate a personalized 5-prompt framework I can reuse for my work.

Run this as a step-by-step interview. Ask me ONE question at a time. Wait for my answer before moving to the next question. After each answer, briefly acknowledge what I said and explain why it matters for my framework before asking the next question.

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS (ask one at a time):

  1. What type of work do you do most frequently? (Examples: reports, analysis, emails, strategic planning, research, client deliverables, content creation, project documentation, proposals.) Describe your typical task in 2-3 sentences.
  2. Who is your primary audience? Who reads, reviews, or acts on what you produce? What do they care about most? What's their expertise level?
  3. What frustrates you most about AI output right now? What makes you rewrite, start over, or give up? Give me a specific recent example if you can.
  4. What output format does your audience expect? (Examples: structured documents with sections, comparison tables, short memos, slide content, long-form reports, bullet summaries.) Describe what "good" looks like for your most common deliverable.
  5. Think about the last time AI output missed the mark. What context did you forget to include that would have changed the result? What do you always have to go back and add?
  6. What tone and style does your work require? Formal, conversational, technical, diplomatic, direct? How would your best colleague describe your communication style?
  7. What does your review process look like? Do you iterate multiple times or need it close to final on the first pass? Who else reviews before it goes out?

After all 7 questions are answered, generate my PERSONALIZED 5-PROMPT PATTERN with this structure:

PROMPT 1 β€” CONTEXT A reusable context-loading prompt pre-filled with my typical work situation, audience, constraints, and the context gaps I identified. Include a placeholder for the specific task details I'll swap in each time.

PROMPT 2 β€” SCOPE A scoping prompt with 3-5 clarifying questions tailored to my work type. These should catch the gaps I identified in question 5 and surface information my specific audience would expect.

PROMPT 3 β€” DRAFT A draft generation prompt specifying the output format, structure, tone, and length my audience expects. Include the fix for my biggest frustration from question 3.

PROMPT 4 β€” REFINE A refinement prompt targeting my specific frustration pattern. Instead of generic "make it better," this should address the exact weakness I described.

PROMPT 5 β€” CHECK A verification prompt that surfaces assumptions relevant to my audience and work type. Include a question about what my reviewers (from question 7) would push back on.

Format each prompt so I can copy-paste it directly into any AI tool. Keep each prompt under 120 words. Label them clearly.

After generating the framework, ask me: "Want me to stress-test this pattern? Give me a real task you're working on this week and I'll run all 5 prompts on it so you can see how they perform."

Begin the interview now. Start with question 1.

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