How To Improve Your Prompt

The prompt pattern that works

Location + Task + Criteria + Deliverable

• Location: where to operate or where to store results

• Task: the action you want

• Criteria: the rules for quality and scope

• Deliverable: the final output and format

Example

Scan Product Hunt for today’s top 1 product. Review screenshots and descriptions to judge investment potential. Create a concise report in a new Google Doc.

• Location: Product Hunt, Google Docs

• Task: find product, review visual and textual materials, judge potential

• Criteria: top 1 today, analysis must reference screenshots and descriptions

• Deliverable: a Google Doc with a concise report

Why this works The OS sees where to go, what to do, how to evaluate success, and what to produce. Clear prompts reduce retries and produce higher quality outputs.

Ready to use prompt ideas

Research and summarize

• Find a top-rated restaurant featured on Michelin Guide and Google Maps in New York City, summarize the top reviews, and show me how to book a 2 party table online.

Competitive scan

• I need some startup ideas. Open Hacker News, quickly list 5 AI startup ideas you find, and then create high-quality write-ups in Google Docs.

  Create a new knowledge base on flowith.io (click [Knowledge Garden] Button in the left sidebar, then select Add new knowledge Bases, and enter the new knowledge base name. After naming the knowledge base, wait for 10 seconds. Paste the content of the finished Google Doc into the text input box of the named knowledge base, then click Add to complete the import. After the completion, tell user the knowledge base is available for future use.

Content drafting

• Select one of the top 10 trending posts on X.com, mimic the style and focus of my past homepage posts, and share it as a quote retweet (click "Repost," then "Quote," add your comment, and finally click "Post" to complete the sharing).

Search and Plan

• Find a top-rated restaurant featured on Michelin Guide and Google Maps in New York City, summarize the top reviews, and show me how to book a 2 party table online.