Need something custom?
Create a prompt for your exact task, context, and requirements.
The thinking behind the templates
Why this structure works.
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Task fidelity before elaboration
The builder asks for the actual deliverable and preserves the details that would make a different result unusable. This is an instruction to follow, not certification that supplied claims are true.
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Unknowns have an explicit place
Essential gaps become named fields or contract issues instead of invented facts. Optional choices can be proposed separately, so you can see what still needs a decision.
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Reuse separates rules from data
The recurring template puts changing values in one input section and pairs them with a required/optional field guide. It does not assume access to earlier runs.
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Repair remains a hypothesis
The repair card connects edits to a reported miss and distinguishes missing wording from an already-present rule or absent prerequisite. Only subsequent task results can show whether the revision helps.
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The destination changes the draft
Reply-style preferences differ from assistant permissions and JSON contracts. Naming the destination helps you review the right artifact; it does not configure settings, grant access, or enforce an API schema.
How to use
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Choose by the artifact you need: a task prompt, a repair, a recurring template, reply preferences, assistant rules, or a JSON-output prompt.
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Gather the selected card's inputs. Supply the actual task and relevant material, separate hard limits from preferences, and remove secrets or unnecessary personal information. Replace fictional sample details with your own authorized context.
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Fill that card's variables and copy the complete generator instruction into ChatGPT. Its first result should be the requested instruction draft, not completion of the underlying task.
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Inspect the generated block before using it. Fill essential square-bracket fields, accept or change disclosed defaults, and meet any source or tool prerequisites. Copy only the instruction block to the destination described in the guidance.
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Run the underlying task separately and compare the result with your sources and acceptance criteria. For a repair, try the named failure case and an ordinary case before keeping the revision; do not treat a proposed check as a passed test.
Run a quick quality check.
Ready-to-use checklist
- The generated text requests your intended task output rather than changing the job or answering it during prompt generation.
- Supplied facts, qualifications, and hard limits remain intact; added defaults are visible and essential unknowns are not guessed.
- Every reusable field has a clear meaning and blank policy, and temporary facts have not become permanent rules.
- Assistant resources and permissions match what is actually configured; a destination label is not treated as deployment or compatibility proof.
- JSON keys, types, and unknown representations match the contract, with incompatible examples or rules exposed rather than silently rewritten.
- A repair's edits address the named miss and preserve unaffected constraints; review notes describe checks to perform, not results already obtained.
Small choices that improve the result.
Make it stronger
- Lead with the result that matters: 'Draft a rescheduling notice' is a clearer starting brief than 'help with communications.' Add only the context that changes the result.
- Name the failure precisely. 'It offered an unauthorized refund' gives the repair card something concrete to preserve or prohibit; 'make it smarter' does not.
- Use a small approved example when structure or voice matters, and label its purpose. Example facts should not become facts about the next task.
Common mistakes
Running a generated prompt with unfilled fields
replace each essential square-bracket field with real input before asking for the underlying result.
Treating a longer prompt as an improvement
remove instructions that do not protect facts, change a decision, or define a useful output check.
Solving missing evidence with confident wording
obtain the necessary source or capability instead of adding an expert persona or asking the model to guess.
Saving today's project details as global preferences
keep deadlines, contact details, and temporary facts in the task inputs, not persistent Custom Instructions.
Further guidance
When to generate, optimize, or just ask
You do not need a prompt-writing step for every question. Use it when organizing requirements, preserving a recurring process, or repairing a specific miss is worth the extra setup. When comparing generators, look for instructions you can inspect and reuse—not just longer wording.
- Ask directly when the task is simple, the necessary context is already present, and you can readily judge the answer.
- Choose the starting builder when several requirements need organizing into one task prompt.
- Choose the repair card when you can name a failure. A missing source or unavailable capability may need a different remedy than wording.
- Choose the recurring template when the job stays the same but the input values change.
- Stop rewriting when essential facts, permissions, or tools are missing. Obtain those prerequisites before judging the task's result.
Put the instructions in the right place
Task prompts, Custom Instructions, GPT Instructions, and API instruction messages serve different purposes. OpenAI documents Custom Instructions as response personalization; a GPT's Instructions define behavior, while its Knowledge supplies reference material. API instruction parameters and message roles are configured in an integration, not by labeling an ordinary chat message 'system'. (help.openai.com)
- One task: use the starting builder and put the resulting task prompt in a normal ChatGPT request with its needed inputs.
- One recurring job: use the reusable template, keeping the field guide for yourself and supplying fresh values each run.
- Reply style across tasks: use the Custom Instructions card. On Web/Desktop, OpenAI's documented route is Settings → Personalization → Custom Instructions. The card's 1,000-character target is a compact drafting choice, not a statement of your account's maximum.
- A scoped assistant: use the GPT/API card where the relevant builder or API configuration is available. Configure knowledge and capabilities separately; the generated text does not upload files, connect tools, or deploy an assistant.
- An API 'system prompt': verify which instruction parameter or message role your chosen model and integration accept. The draft's destination label is not a compatibility test.
Briefs for names, characters, and visual work
Name the artifact before adding style. A list of candidate names, a fictional character profile, a written image prompt, and an actual picture are different results. The related AI Image Prompt Generator supplies written visual instructions; ChatGPT Photo Prompts requests images and clearly labeled illustrations. (secondbrain.is)
- Brand names: give the offering, audience, target language, naming directions, exclusions, and shortlist criteria to the starting builder. Treat names as creative proposals; leave domain and trademark availability unchecked unless separate current checks are actually performed.
- Fictional characters: for a profile, name the world, fixed canon, desired tensions, voice, and what may be invented in the starting brief. For roleplay instructions, use the assistant card and explicitly reserve your own character's actions and dialogue.
- ChatGPT personality: use the reply-style card for presentation habits such as directness, patience, humor, and explanation depth. This is not a personality assessment or a fictional-character generator.
- Written visual briefs: use the related image-prompt resource and supply subject, action, setting, framing, light, and must-keeps. For a hand-painted animated feel, describe visible traits such as soft watercolor scenery, rounded forms, and warm diffuse light.
- Photos and transformations: family, couple, wedding, Christmas, holiday, and dog-portrait ideas need explicit subjects and visual priorities. Use the photo resource for new-image directions. If real likenesses, pet markings, or a pet-to-human reinterpretation depend on an existing photo, use a permitted source image in an appropriate image-input workflow; a text description here is not a performed edit.
What prompt wording cannot configure
A request for JSON states the desired format; it does not enable OpenAI's API Structured Outputs feature. That feature uses separate schema configuration. For automated use, parse the eventual records and compare keys, types, and missing-value behavior with your actual contract. Formatting control is not verification of the extracted facts. (developers.openai.com)
These cards write instructions, not verified research results. OpenAI warns that ChatGPT can produce incorrect facts and fabricated references, and recommends checking important information. Keep requested behavior separate from evidence that the task was actually completed. (help.openai.com)
- Live research needs actual source access and freshness checks. A prompt should name that prerequisite, not turn an unverified excerpt into current evidence.
- File or account work needs the real material and authorized access in the eventual task session. The generator cannot infer an unseen spreadsheet or private record from its name.
- Photo edits need the permitted source image; code needs a suitable execution environment; interviews, tutoring exchanges, and roleplay need an actual ongoing conversation when interaction is essential. Drafted instructions do not complete those steps.
What it's for
Match the prompt to the job.
What this helps you do
- A task prompt with the intended deliverable, relevant context, preservation rules, and visible missing inputs.
- A focused rewrite or a recurring template with a field guide and concrete checks for later use.
- Draft preferences, assistant rules, or JSON-output instructions matched to their intended destination and boundaries.
Who it's for
Find the right fit for your task.
Start with the rough-request builder, or choose a specialist card for a problem you already recognize. You only need the inputs on your selected card; optional fields have stated fallbacks.
These prompts ask ChatGPT to write instructions—not the email, image, code, or other result those instructions describe. Review the generated prompt, fill any remaining fields, then use it for the actual task.
People starting from a rough request
You know the result you want but need help organizing context, must-keeps, and format.
Users repeating the same workflow
You want stable instructions with fresh input values rather than old project details copied into each run.
People diagnosing an unwanted answer
You can name a miss and want a restrained rewrite, not an unsupported promise of better performance.
Users personalizing ChatGPT or defining an assistant
You need to distinguish reply preferences, scoped behavior, resource configuration, and structured-output rules.
FAQ
Can ChatGPT generate prompts for itself?
Yes—you can ask it to draft instructions for a later request instead of completing that request immediately. This is meta-prompting: OpenAI's prompt-generation documentation describes instructions that create or improve other prompts. The starting card asks for one such draft; review it, then use the generated block for the actual task. (developers.openai.com)
- Prompt generation | OpenAI API — OpenAI
Do I need a Chrome extension or a download?
No extension or downloadable pack is required for these text templates. Fill a selected card, copy it into your own ChatGPT session, and save the resulting text yourself if you want a local file. For separate browser integration, SecondBrain's official navigation links to Add to Chrome; inspect the current listing's permissions and data handling before installing. This gallery does not install or compare extensions. (secondbrain.is)
How is this different from the prompt generator in OpenAI Playground?
OpenAI documents a Generate button in Playground that creates prompts, functions, and schemas from a task description. These cards instead provide reusable instructions for a text conversation; they do not operate Playground or configure an API. Use the developer interface and its documentation when you need that workflow, then review the resulting instructions before integration. (developers.openai.com)
- Prompt generation | OpenAI API — OpenAI
Does this include a ChatGPT jailbreak prompt generator?
No. The collection focuses on useful task instructions, not bypassing safeguards or extracting hidden instructions. If a legitimate request is blocked, explain its intended purpose and permitted scope, review the applicable policies, and contact OpenAI Support if you believe the block is incorrect. Rewording is not a guarantee that the request will be accepted. (help.openai.com)
- Why Was My ChatGPT Prompt Blocked? — OpenAI
