Twelve practical prompts for everyday business tasks. Choose a task, copy the prompt and replace the brackets with your own details.
12 PROMPTS / 4 CATEGORIES / NO SIGNUP
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PROMPT 01
A helpful customer reply
Reply to a routine enquiry without promising what you cannot deliver.
Draft a customer email of no more than 120 words.
Customer enquiry: [paste an anonymised enquiry]
Verified answer: [facts we can confirm]
Next step: [what the customer should do]
Use a calm, helpful tone and plain British English. Acknowledge the question, answer it directly and close with one next step. Do not invent policies, refunds, delivery dates or commitments. Flag anything missing rather than guessing.
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Fictional input: Enquiry: Can I collect on Saturday? Confirmed: collection is Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm.
Illustrative excerpt: Thanks for checking. Collection is available Monday to Friday, from 9am to 5pm. Which weekday would suit you?
Before you use it: Check the answer against your actual policy before sending.
PROMPT 02
An email people can act on
Make the request and deadline easy to find.
Rewrite the email below in no more than 150 words.
Email: [draft]
Audience: [recipient]
Required action: [request]
Agreed deadline, if any: [date or none]
Give a descriptive subject line, a short opening and one clear request. Preserve all conditions and facts. Do not turn a suggested date into an agreed deadline. Use plain British English and a professional tone.
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Fictional input: Draft asks a supplier to confirm whether 20 chairs can arrive by 12 November; the date is not agreed.
Illustrative excerpt: Subject: Can 20 chairs arrive by 12 November? Please confirm whether this delivery date is possible.
Before you use it: Keep requests distinct from confirmed arrangements.
PROMPT 03
A factual product description
Describe the product without unsupported claims.
Write an 80-word product description for [audience].
Product: [name]
Verified facts: [materials, dimensions, functions and limitations]
Tone: [tone]
Use only the supplied facts. Explain what the product is and how the stated features may be useful. Do not invent certifications, sustainability claims, comparisons, testimonials or guarantees. List any missing facts separately.
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Fictional input: A fictional notebook has 80 lined pages, an A5 format and a blue cover.
Illustrative excerpt: An A5 notebook with 80 lined pages and a blue cover, ready for your everyday notes.
Before you use it: Confirm dimensions, quantities and any implied benefits.
Draft a spoken explainer of 60–75 words.
Audience: [audience]
Service and verified facts: [facts]
One next step: [action]
Important conditions: [conditions]
Use short sentences and plain British English. Write only words to be spoken. Preserve conditions and do not add promises or claims. Flag missing facts separately. Treat the word count as a guide, not an exact running time.
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Fictional input: A fictional repair business takes appointment requests online and confirms availability by email.
Illustrative excerpt: Tell us what needs repairing and choose your preferred day. We will email to confirm availability. Your request is not a confirmed booking.
Before you use it: Read aloud and keep booking or purchase conditions audible.
PROMPT 05
A 30-second video outline
Plan visuals and narration before recording.
Create a draft outline for a video aiming for about 30 seconds.
Audience: [audience]
One message: [message]
Verified facts: [facts]
Available visuals: [what we can show]
Next step: [action]
Return a table with scene, suggested visual, spoken line and approximate duration. Use only available visuals and supplied facts. Do not invent a testimonial or product result. Flag where a visual is missing. State that timing needs checking with the recording.
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Fictional input: Show how to request an appointment using three screenshots.
Illustrative excerpt: Scene 1: request form — “Choose your preferred day.” Scene 2: details field — “Tell us what you need.” Scene 3: confirmation notice — “Wait for our confirmation email.”
Before you use it: Match each line to the actual screen and time the finished recording.
PROMPT 06
A script pronunciation check
Spot words that deserve a test recording.
Review this script for possible spoken-audio problems.
Script: [script]
Intended audience and language: [audience/language]
Known pronunciation notes: [approved notes]
List acronyms, names, numbers, URLs and long sentences that may be unclear when read aloud. Suggest plain-language alternatives without changing meaning. Do not guess a person’s or brand’s pronunciation: mark it for confirmation. Do not claim that a voice tool will pronounce it correctly.
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Fictional input: Script includes “Use ref. AB12 and visit our FAQ.”
Illustrative excerpt: Confirm how AB12 should be read. Consider replacing “FAQ” with “frequently asked questions” if that suits the audience.
Before you use it: Listen to a short sample; a written check cannot verify generated audio.
Turn these notes into a draft action list.
Meeting date: [date]
Notes: [permitted notes]
For each agreed action, give task, owner, deadline and a short supporting extract. Write “Not agreed” for missing owners or dates. Keep decisions and open suggestions in separate lists. Preserve conditions and flag ambiguous wording. Do not invent commitments or convert suggestions into tasks.
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Fictional input: Sam will send the brochure by Friday. Alex suggests testing a new contact form, but no decision is made.
Illustrative excerpt: Action: send brochure; owner: Sam; deadline: Friday (confirm date). Open suggestion: test contact form.
Before you use it: Verify every action against the original notes.
PROMPT 08
A focused meeting agenda
Give each discussion a purpose.
Draft an agenda for a [duration]-minute meeting.
Purpose: [purpose]
Participants or roles: [roles]
Topics: [topics]
Decisions needed: [decisions]
Preparation available: [documents]
Allocate time so the total fits the meeting, including a short action review. For each item, state its purpose and desired outcome. Mark any proposed facilitator as a suggestion. Do not invent previous decisions or required preparation.
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Fictional input: A 20-minute meeting must choose a brochure layout and agree who will review it.
Before you use it: Check the time total and circulate the purpose before the meeting.
PROMPT 09
A concise weekly update
Report progress without smoothing over gaps.
Create a weekly update of no more than 180 words.
Reporting period: [dates]
Completed work: [facts]
Work in progress: [facts]
Blockers: [facts]
Decisions or help needed: [requests]
Next week’s agreed priorities: [priorities]
Use headings: Completed, In progress, Blocked, Help needed, Next. Distinguish planned work from completed work. Do not invent percentages, dates or achievements. Say “Not supplied” where necessary.
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Fictional input: The draft is complete; review is waiting for the supplier’s dimensions.
Illustrative excerpt: Completed: first draft. Blocked: final layout needs supplier dimensions. Help needed: confirm who will request them.
Before you use it: Check that “complete” means the same thing to the team.
Turn the information below into a one-page campaign brief.
Audience: [audience]
Objective: [objective]
Offer and verified facts: [facts]
Channels: [channels]
Available assets: [assets]
Budget and timing: [confirmed limits]
Return objective, audience, key message, deliverables, call to action, constraints and open questions. Keep proposed ideas clearly labelled as proposals. Do not invent market research, performance forecasts or approvals.
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Fictional input: A fictional café wants to announce a confirmed Friday late opening using its own shop photo.
Illustrative excerpt: Key message: open later on Friday. Asset: shop photo. Open question: what is the confirmed closing time?
Before you use it: Resolve missing offer details before creating final material.
PROMPT 11
Three useful social post ideas
Start with something your audience can use.
Suggest three distinct social posts for [platform] and [audience].
Business topic: [topic]
Verified information we can share: [facts]
Useful resource or next step: [resource]
For each, provide an opening line, a short outline and one relevant call to action. Use a helpful, specific tone. Do not invent customer stories, statistics, product tests or results. Flag advertising or affiliate relationships that need clear disclosure.
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Fictional input: A business has a free checklist for preparing a room before a repair visit.
Illustrative excerpt: Opening: “Three things to prepare before your repair appointment.” Outline: access, space and a description of the fault. Next step: read the checklist.
Before you use it: Check facts and disclosures; avoid making every post a sales pitch.
PROMPT 12
A clear design brief
Give a designer constraints they can work with.
Write a design brief for [asset].
Audience and purpose: [details]
Exact approved copy: [copy]
Brand colours, fonts and assets: [available assets]
Size and destination: [requirements]
Must include: [items]
Must avoid: [items]
Separate confirmed requirements from suggested design direction. Include a checklist for readable text, contrast, mobile cropping and spelling. Flag missing dimensions or image permissions. Do not invent a logo, endorsement or licence.
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Fictional input: Create a social image for a workshop with a confirmed title and date but no booking URL yet.
Illustrative excerpt: Must include: approved title and date. Open question: booking URL. Review: readable date at phone size; no text clipped by platform cropping.
Before you use it: Confirm asset permissions and inspect the final exported image.
