Foundational prompting cheat sheet

A short reference while you draft: clear communication beats clever phrasing.

Learn the prompt once. Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Microsoft 365 Copilot, or whatever chat your organization already allows.

Treat it as a partner

Broad knowledge, tireless drafting, and confident guesses. You still own accuracy and judgment.

Add the work context

Role, real challenge, timeframe, audience, and constraints change the answer more than polite wording.

Say what good looks like

Format, length, must-include, and must-avoid. Vague asks get generic advice.