SMEMindsPrompt library
143 prompts we use and teach, each with when to use it and how to check what comes back.
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- AI Agents · IntermediateDecide whether your task actually needs an agentThree vendors offer you 'AI agents'.
- AI Agents · AdvancedSpecify a bounded first agentYou build an agent to research suppliers.
- AI Agents · AdvancedDiagnose an agent failure from its traceYour research agent produced a brief that turned out to be about a different company with a similar name.
- AI Agents · AdvancedAssess an agent on cost per useful outcomeYou deploy a research agent.
- Automation · IntermediateAssess whether a workflow is ready to automateYou build an automation for the weekly report.
- Automation · IntermediateWrite and explain a scheduled Apps ScriptEvery Monday you export sales, open a spreadsheet, check stock against reorder points, and message the exceptions.
- Automation · IntermediateDesign a drafts-folder automationTwo hundred leads a month and you follow up with sixty.
- Automation · AdvancedDesign a chain that fails safelyYour chain pulls sales data, cleans it, analyses it, drafts the summary and sends it.
- Business · BeginnerFind the AI-shaped work in your own weekYou have read that AI will change everything.
- Business · BeginnerPlace any AI product on the map before you buy itA vendor demos an 'AI agent for your sales team' for ₹40,000 a month.
- Business · BeginnerMake the AI mark its own uncertaintyA consultant sends a client deck with a market size figure and a cited report.
- Business · BeginnerThe red-team pass on your own draftA consultant sends a client deck with a market size figure and a cited report.
- Business · BeginnerA fair head-to-head on your own real workYou have a free ChatGPT account, a Gemini account because you use Gmail, someone at work mentioned Claude, and your CRM has an AI button.
- Business · BeginnerThe first-workflow builderYou have watched videos.
- Business · BeginnerRun the eight-point verificationYou are behind.
- Business · BeginnerMake the model label its own uncertaintyYou ask for the current referral fee for a marketplace category.
- Business · IntermediateCheck a process for where bias could enterYou use AI to help screen 300 CVs.
- Business · AdvancedAudit your workflows for injection exposureYour automation reads incoming customer emails and drafts replies.
- Business · IntermediateWrite your standing business context blockYou are the founder.
- Business · IntermediateDesign your weekly operating rhythmYou are the founder.
- Business · IntermediateDecompose the plan and flag where evidence is requiredYou need a term loan.
- Business · IntermediateStress-test the plan as a credit officerYou need a term loan.
- Career · BeginnerThe achievement interview — do this before any writingYour resume says 'Responsible for monthly MIS reporting and vendor reconciliation.' So does every other accounts executive applying.
- Career · BeginnerTurn the interview answers into resume evidenceYour resume says 'Responsible for monthly MIS reporting and vendor reconciliation.' So does every other accounts executive applying.
- Career · BeginnerHeadline and About built from real evidenceYour headline says 'Accounts Executive at [Company]'.
- Career · BeginnerStrict match assessment before you applyYou have applied to 180 roles in two months.
- Career · BeginnerA cover note that gets readYou have applied to 180 roles in two months.
- Career · IntermediateGenerate the questions you will actually faceYou know your achievements.
- Career · IntermediateMock interview with genuinely critical feedbackYou know your achievements.
- Career · IntermediateFind the gap that actually blocks your next roleYou bought three online courses.
- Career · IntermediateA learning plan sized to the hours you actually haveYou bought three online courses.
- Content · BeginnerChoose a content tool for your actual taskYou subscribe to an image tool because a viral thread recommended it.
- Content · IntermediatePlan a commerce image set with the accuracy line definedYou generate a beautiful lifestyle image.
- Content · IntermediateScript a short business video that earns its first two secondsYou spend two weeks and ₹80,000 on a beautifully produced brand video.
- Content · BeginnerBuild the argument before any slide existsYou build 24 slides over two days.
- Data · BeginnerDiagnose a messy datasetYou export sales data.
- Data · BeginnerGet the cleaning recipe, not the cleaned dataYou export sales data.
- Data · BeginnerGet a formula that works the first timeYou need a lookup that returns the most recent price for a product from a price-history table, but only for the customer's own price band.
- Data · BeginnerExplain a formula you inheritedYou need a lookup that returns the most recent price for a product from a price-history table, but only for the customer's own price band.
- Data · IntermediateStep 1-2: structure and descriptivesYou upload a sales CSV and ask for insights.
- Data · IntermediateStep 3-5: comparison, anomalies, findingsYou upload a sales CSV and ask for insights.
- Data · IntermediateStep 6: the management summaryYou upload a sales CSV and ask for insights.
- Data · IntermediateVariance analysis that ranks by what mattersYour monthly variance report has 60 line items and 60 percentage changes.
- Data · AdvancedAn honest forecast with its assumptions on topYou have eighteen months of sales.
- Data · BeginnerDesign the reporting stack for your businessYou send a daily sales figure, a weekly summary with the same figures aggregated, and a monthly pack that aggregates the weeks.
- Data · IntermediateRewrite a report so the conclusion comes firstYour report opens with 'This report analyses Q3 performance across all territories, using data extracted from Tally for the period…' The MD reads two lines, scrolls to the end, finds a recommendation…
- Data · IntermediateThree versions for three seniority levelsYour report opens with 'This report analyses Q3 performance across all territories, using data extracted from Tally for the period…' The MD reads two lines, scrolls to the end, finds a recommendation…
- Data · AdvancedDesign the pack backwards from the questionsYour dashboard has twenty-two tiles.
- Data · AdvancedGenerate this month's tile commentaryYour dashboard has twenty-two tiles.
- Ecommerce · IntermediateBuild the channel definition mapAmazon reports gross before returns.
- Ecommerce · IntermediateInterpret the consolidated channel tableAmazon reports gross before returns.
- Ecommerce · IntermediateStructured product opportunity briefYou see a product doing well.
- Ecommerce · BeginnerBulk listing generation in your house styleYou have 180 SKUs to list.
- Ecommerce · BeginnerCompliance pass before publishingYou have 180 SKUs to list.
- Ecommerce · IntermediateExpand customer language into a keyword candidate listYour keyword list is the same as your three competitors'.
- Ecommerce · IntermediateSystematic competitor listing comparisonA competitor drops from ₹799 to ₹699.
- Ecommerce · IntermediateDecide whether to respond to a competitor price cutA competitor drops from ₹799 to ₹699.
- Ecommerce · IntermediateTurn return reasons into an operational reportYour return rate is 14%.
- Finance · IntermediateFind the leaks in twelve months of expensesYour P&L shows a profitable quarter.
- Finance · IntermediateBuild and stress-test a 13-week cash viewYour P&L shows a profitable quarter.
- HR · IntermediateA job description written from the real workYou need an accounts executive.
- HR · IntermediateStructured interview with a scoring rubricYou need an accounts executive.
- Leadership · IntermediatePush every finding to a root causeSixty minutes.
- Leadership · IntermediateAssemble the review packSixty minutes.
- Leadership · AdvancedScore your AI implementation from evidenceYour board asks how the AI initiative is going.
- Leadership · AdvancedStress-test a senior decisionYou are deciding whether to open a second facility.
- Leadership · AdvancedBuild scenarios that differ in kindYour three-year plan has a base case, an upside at +20% and a downside at −20%.
- Leadership · AdvancedDraft a one-page AI policy for a small businessYou have no AI policy.
- Leadership · AdvancedPlan an adoption approach that changes behaviourYou mandate AI usage and run a training session.
- Marketing · BeginnerBuild a persona from real customer languageYour persona document says your customer is a 28–40 year old urban professional who values quality and convenience.
- Marketing · BeginnerMine competitor reviews for unmet needsYour persona document says your customer is a 28–40 year old urban professional who values quality and convenience.
- Marketing · BeginnerBuild a quarter of content from real questionsYour content calendar has 'Top 10 tips for…', 'The future of…', 'Why our industry is changing'.
- Marketing · BeginnerOne idea, three native formatsYou write a good post about a customer problem.
- Marketing · IntermediateFind the gap in what currently ranksYou published 40 articles targeting keywords.
- Marketing · IntermediateDiagnose the campaign by finding the first broken stepROAS is 1.8 and you need 3.
- Operations · BeginnerClassify your data and find the alternativesSomeone needs to de-duplicate a customer list.
- Operations · IntermediateTriage a contract to what mattersA distribution agreement arrives, eighteen pages.
- Operations · AdvancedBuild an honest reorder modelYou reorder when stock 'looks low'.
- Operations · IntermediateBuild your team's AI knowledge baseThree people in your team use AI well and four do not.
- Operations · IntermediateDesign a fair A/B test for a prompt changeSomeone improved the customer-reply prompt to make responses friendlier.
- Operations · AdvancedPlan a department-by-department AI rolloutYou mandate AI usage across five departments.
- Operations · BeginnerDraft customer replies in your voice, from your policiesYou answer the same eight questions every week.
- Operations · BeginnerFind the operational cause behind the complaintsYou answer the same eight questions every week.
- Operations · AdvancedAudit your automations for decay and orphaningSix automations run in your business.
- Productivity · BeginnerTurn complaints into ranked, solvable problemsYou save AI tool recommendations.
- Productivity · BeginnerDecompose before you delegateWrite a business plan for my dairy startup.
- Productivity · BeginnerScore a task on all six factors, honestlyYou have twelve candidate tasks and limited time.
- Productivity · BeginnerAssign the four roles and write the real review checklistAn AI-drafted proposal goes to a client with the wrong contract term.
- Productivity · BeginnerCategory verification passIn week one you check every sentence, and the AI workflow takes longer than doing it manually.
- Productivity · BeginnerThe eight-part template — fill in and reuse foreverYou write write a follow-up email to a client who hasn't replied.
- Productivity · BeginnerUpgrade a prompt you already useYou write write a follow-up email to a client who hasn't replied.
- Productivity · BeginnerAsk the model to diagnose its own weak answerThe output is not wrong exactly — it is just not useful.
- Productivity · BeginnerForce a committed recommendation instead of hedgingThe output is not wrong exactly — it is just not useful.
- Productivity · IntermediateFew-shot template — pattern by demonstrationYou want product titles in your marketplace house format.
- Productivity · IntermediateThe three-pass loopYou get a draft.
- Productivity · IntermediateAdversarial review — the sceptical readerYou get a draft.
- Productivity · IntermediateConvert a working conversation into a library entryThree weeks ago you got an excellent output.
- Productivity · IntermediateHinglish that sounds like your teamYou ask for a customer WhatsApp message in Hindi.
- Productivity · IntermediateAnalyse in English, deliver in HindiYou ask for a customer WhatsApp message in Hindi.
- Productivity · BeginnerSix-minute inbox triageSixty messages overnight.
- Productivity · BeginnerBatch-draft the routine replies in your voiceSixty messages overnight.
- Productivity · BeginnerExtract decisions and actions from a transcriptA one-hour meeting, six people, forty minutes of discussion and twenty of circling.
- Productivity · BeginnerWeekly note processingSix months ago you worked out why a supplier's pricing was inconsistent.
- Productivity · BeginnerQuery your own accumulated experienceSix months ago you worked out why a supplier's pricing was inconsistent.
- Productivity · IntermediateDecision-first research briefResearch the market for organic snacks in India.
- Productivity · IntermediateWeekly plan with the trade-offs made explicitMonday morning you list fourteen things.
- Productivity · IntermediateDecision support that does not decide for youMonday morning you list fourteen things.
- Productivity · BeginnerEmail that produces a decisionYou send a 300-word email explaining a situation and end with 'please advise'.
- Productivity · BeginnerCut a long email in halfYou send a 300-word email explaining a situation and end with 'please advise'.
- Productivity · BeginnerBusiness WhatsApp that gets answeredYou send dealers a 200-word message with a formal greeting and a PDF price list.
- Productivity · IntermediateDeliver bad news without burying itThe delivery will be two weeks late.
- Productivity · IntermediateRespond to a complaint — acknowledge before explainingThe delivery will be two weeks late.
- Productivity · IntermediateTurn your week into a twenty-second updateYour weekly update is 500 words covering everything you did.
- Productivity · IntermediateEscalate properly, with options and a recommendationYour weekly update is 500 words covering everything you did.
- Research · BeginnerInterrogate a document with citable answersA 60-page tender document arrives with a five-day deadline.
- Research · BeginnerExtract the obligations tableA 60-page tender document arrives with a five-day deadline.
- Research · IntermediateBatch extraction with a defined schemaNinety supplier invoices as PDFs.
- Research · IntermediateCompare two document versions for what actually changedThe supplier returns your agreement with 'a few minor changes'.
- Research · IntermediateCompare quotes on a like-for-like basisThe supplier returns your agreement with 'a few minor changes'.
- Research · IntermediateStages 1-2: frame the question and find the load-bearing conditionsYou research a market-entry question for two weeks.
- Research · IntermediateStage 5-6: synthesise and recordYou research a market-entry question for two weeks.
- Research · IntermediateBuild a competitor picture from what you gatheredYour team believes a competitor is 'much bigger' and 'buying market share at a loss'.
- Research · IntermediateSize a market bottom-up, with challengeable assumptionsYou need to know the size of the organic snacks market in Maharashtra.
- Research · IntermediateLabel and assess every claim in a research documentYour market entry document says the category grows at 14% a year, that premium buyers are concentrated in tier-1 cities, and that a distributor will accept 22% margin.
- Sales · IntermediateFull negotiation preparationYour supplier wants a 9% increase.
- Sales · IntermediateRehearse the difficult momentsYour supplier wants a 9% increase.
- Sales · BeginnerThree-minute lead research briefTwo hundred leads a month from Indiamart, a trade show and your website.
- Sales · BeginnerQualify against your own criteriaTwo hundred leads a month from Indiamart, a trade show and your website.
- Sales · BeginnerFirst contact email that earns a replyYour first email opens with a paragraph about your company's twenty years of experience, lists six capabilities, attaches a brochure, and ends with 'looking forward to hearing from you'.
- Sales · BeginnerFirst contact on WhatsAppYour first email opens with a paragraph about your company's twenty years of experience, lists six capabilities, attaches a brochure, and ends with 'looking forward to hearing from you'.
- Sales · IntermediateDraft a proposal for the reader who was not in the roomYou send a twelve-page proposal.
- Sales · IntermediateA follow-up that adds somethingDay 3: 'Just following up on my proposal.' Day 8: 'Checking in.' Day 15: 'Wanted to see if you had any thoughts.' Day 22: 'Circling back.' Four messages, zero new information, and each one slightly…
- Sales · IntermediateFind the real objection before answering itDay 3: 'Just following up on my proposal.' Day 8: 'Checking in.' Day 15: 'Wanted to see if you had any thoughts.' Day 22: 'Circling back.' Four messages, zero new information, and each one slightly…
- Sales · IntermediateVoice memo to CRM noteYour CRM says: 'Had a good call.
- Sales · IntermediateHonest pipeline reviewYour CRM says: 'Had a good call.
- Students · BeginnerThe Socratic tutor — questions, not answersYou have an assignment on a topic you do not understand.
- Students · BeginnerCheck my attempt, do not replace itYou have an assignment on a topic you do not understand.
- Students · BeginnerTriage sources before you read themYou have thirty tabs and a PDF that is 70% yellow.
- Students · BeginnerTurn your reading into notes structured for recallYou have thirty tabs and a PDF that is 70% yellow.
- Students · BeginnerTurn a topic into a defensible research questionYour project is titled 'A Study of Working Capital Management'.
- Students · BeginnerPresentation that leads with the finding, plus viva preparationYour project is titled 'A Study of Working Capital Management'.
- Students · BeginnerBuild a revision plan for the weeks you actually haveYou have read your notes four times.
- Students · BeginnerPractice questions without the answersYou have read your notes four times.