Ready-to-use prompts for drafting, rewriting, summarising and generating ideas — tap to copy, then fill in the blanks.
Tap Copy on any prompt, paste it into your AI assistant, and replace the [bracketed] parts with your own details.
Email & messages
Draft an email from rough notes
Write a clear, professional email based on these notes: [paste your rough notes]. Keep it concise and friendly-but-professional, end with a specific next step, and suggest a subject line.
Reply to a tricky email
Help me reply to this email: [paste the email]. I want to [your goal — e.g. politely decline / ask for an extension / push back on the timeline]. Keep the tone calm and professional, and don't over-apologise.
Make a message shorter
Rewrite this message to be about half the length without losing any key information or sounding abrupt: [paste your message].
Rewrite & improve
Improve clarity
Rewrite the following to be clearer and easier to read, keeping my meaning and roughly the same length. Use plain language and shorter sentences: [paste your text].
Change the tone
Rewrite this in a [warm and casual / formal and authoritative / confident and concise] tone for an audience of [who it's for]: [paste your text].
Fix grammar only
Correct only the grammar, spelling and punctuation below. Do not change my wording, style or meaning. Return the corrected text, then a short bullet list of what you changed: [paste your text].
Summarize & explain
TL;DR a long text
Summarise the text below as 3-5 bullet points capturing the key takeaways, followed by a one-sentence TL;DR: [paste the text].
Explain it simply
Explain [topic] as if I'm smart but completely new to it. Use a plain-language analogy, avoid jargon, and keep it under 200 words.
Pull out action items
From the notes below, extract a clean list of action items. For each, note who owns it and any due date mentioned, and flag anything ambiguous: [paste the notes].
Content & ideas
Outline a piece of writing
Create a detailed outline for a [blog post / article / talk] about [topic] for [audience]. Include a working title, 4-6 section headings, and 2-3 bullet points under each.
Brainstorm fresh angles
Give me 10 distinct angles or hooks for content about [topic], aimed at [audience]. For each, write a one-line description of the angle and who it would appeal to.
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Getting better writing out of AI
The quality of what you get back depends almost entirely on what you put in. For writing tasks, the two things that help most are giving the assistant your audience and your goal — who will read this and what you want them to do or feel — and being explicit about length and tone. A request like "rewrite this to be warmer and about 100 words, for a customer who's frustrated" produces something usable; "make this better" rarely does. Treat the first draft as a starting point and refine it with quick follow-ups.
FAQ
Do these writing prompts work with any AI?
Yes — they're written in plain language and work with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot and other assistants. Use whichever you prefer.
What do the brackets mean?
Anything in [brackets] is a placeholder for your own details. Replace it before sending — for example, swap [paste your text] for the actual text you want rewritten.