The average knowledge worker loses hours a week to inbox triage, meeting notes, status updates and re-planning the same to-do list. These copy-paste prompts hand all of that to an AI assistant so you can spend the day on work that matters. Works with ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. No signup — just tap Copy.
Most "AI productivity" advice tells you to use ChatGPT more. The real win is narrower: find the five or six things you retype every single week and never write them by hand again. Vague asks like "help me with my email" get generic filler. Each prompt below gives the model a role, your real context, and the exact output format you need, so it produces something you can actually paste and send. Swap the [brackets] and go.
Clear the inbox in one pass instead of re-reading the same threads all day.
Best for: turning a wall of unread mail into a ranked action list before you touch a single reply.
You are my executive assistant. Below is my unread inbox as a list of "sender — subject line". Sort every item into exactly four buckets: REPLY NOW (needs a response from me today), DELEGATE (someone else should handle — say who), DEFER (schedule for later — suggest when), and ARCHIVE (no action needed). For each REPLY NOW item, draft a two-sentence reply I can send as-is. Be ruthless — most email does not need me. MY INBOX: [paste sender — subject lines, one per line] MY ROLE / PRIORITIES THIS WEEK: [context]
Best for: a message you keep re-opening because you don't know how to word the answer.
Draft a reply to the email below. Match the sender's level of formality. Get to the point in the first line, answer their actual question or request clearly, and end with a specific next step or a clear "no" — never a vague "let me get back to you". Keep it under 120 words. Give me three tone options: warm, neutral, and firm. THEIR EMAIL: [paste] WHAT I WANT THE OUTCOME TO BE: [e.g. agree to the deadline / push it a week / decline politely]
Best for: declining a request, meeting or favour while keeping the relationship intact.
Write a short, kind, unambiguous "no" to the request below. Structure: acknowledge the ask and why it matters, give the decision plainly (no waffling, no false "maybe"), offer one alternative or pointer if there is a genuine one, and close warmly. Do not over-apologise or invent a fake excuse. Under 90 words. THE REQUEST: [paste or describe] WHY I'M SAYING NO (for my eyes — don't quote directly): [reason]
Kill the prep and the follow-up — the two places meetings really eat your time.
Best for: turning a vague "we should meet about X" into a tight, time-boxed agenda.
Build a focused agenda for the meeting below. Output: a one-line objective (what a good outcome looks like), 3–5 agenda items each with a time box and an owner, a "decisions we need to make today" list, and a "not this meeting" list to park scope creep. Total meeting length should be as short as the topics allow — challenge me if I've booked more time than needed. MEETING TOPIC: [what it's about] ATTENDEES: [names / roles] TIME AVAILABLE: [e.g. 30 min]
Best for: the pile of half-sentences you typed during a call.
Turn my raw meeting notes below into a clean summary. Output three sections: DECISIONS (what was agreed), ACTION ITEMS (each as "owner — task — due date"; if a date wasn't stated, flag it as [needs date]), and OPEN QUESTIONS (unresolved items to follow up). Ignore chit-chat. If an action has no clear owner, mark it [unassigned] so I can chase it. RAW NOTES: [paste]
Best for: the "just to recap what we agreed" email you send after every call.
Write a recap email based on the notes below. Structure: a one-line summary of what the meeting was for, a short "here's what we decided" list, a "here's who's doing what by when" table, and a single clear next checkpoint. Professional but human — no corporate padding. Under 180 words so people actually read it. MEETING NOTES / DECISIONS: [paste]
The recurring writing tasks — status updates, summaries, turning data into words.
Best for: the update you rewrite from scratch every Friday.
Write my weekly status update from the raw notes below. Format: SHIPPED (what got done, with impact where relevant), IN PROGRESS (with a % or ETA), BLOCKED (what I need and from whom), and NEXT WEEK (top 3 priorities). Lead with outcomes, not activity — "cut checkout errors 40%", not "worked on checkout". Keep the whole thing scannable in 30 seconds. THIS WEEK'S RAW NOTES: [paste bullet dump] AUDIENCE: [e.g. my manager / the whole team / a client]
Best for: the 12-page PDF or thread you were "cc'd on for visibility".
Summarise the document below for a busy decision-maker. Output: a one-sentence "bottom line", then the 5 things that actually matter, then "what they're asking of me / us" if anything, then "risks or things I'd push back on". Skip background everyone already knows. If the document is trying to get a decision, say what the decision is and what you'd recommend. DOCUMENT: [paste]
Best for: pasting a table of metrics and getting the story a human can present.
Below is a set of numbers. Write the story they tell in plain language for a non-technical audience. Structure: the headline (the single most important movement), why it likely happened (state assumptions clearly), what it means for our goals, and one recommended action. Call out anything that looks like an anomaly or a data-quality issue rather than a real trend. No jargon, no chart-speak. DATA: [paste table or figures] CONTEXT: [what these numbers measure and the goal]
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Best for: a chaotic to-do list you need turned into an actual plan for today.
Take my brain-dump of tasks below and build a realistic plan for today. Sort every task by the Eisenhower method (urgent/important) and tell me: the ONE thing to do first, 2–3 tasks to knock out next, what to delegate or drop, and what to consciously defer to a specific day. Be honest if I've listed more than fits in a workday and tell me what won't make it. End with a single sentence I can tell myself to start the first task. MY TASKS: [paste everything on your mind] FIXED COMMITMENTS TODAY: [meetings / hard deadlines]
Best for: closing the week with clarity instead of dread.
Run a weekly review with me based on the notes below. Produce: WINS (what went well — be specific), what slipped and the likely real reason (not excuses), what I learned, and the 3 priorities that must anchor next week. Then ask me one sharp question that would make next week better. Keep it constructive but don't let me off the hook on the stuff I keep deferring. THIS WEEK — WHAT HAPPENED: [paste notes / calendar highlights]
Best for: any task you do repeatedly — turn it into a checklist once, delegate it forever.
Turn the process I describe below into a clean standard operating procedure (SOP) someone else could follow with zero prior context. Output: a short purpose line, the tools/access needed, then numbered steps in plain imperative language ("Open X", "Check Y"), with a note on what "done right" looks like at the end. Flag any step where a mistake is costly. Keep it tight — no filler.
THE PROCESS (describe it roughly, even out of order):
[paste]
Get unstuck fast — the thinking work, not just the typing work.
Best for: a call you're circling on, or one you need to justify to others.
Help me make the decision below. Write a one-page memo: the decision to be made in one sentence, the 2–3 realistic options, the key trade-offs of each (be honest about the downsides), what I'd need to believe for each to be right, and your recommendation with the single biggest risk of that choice. If I'm missing information that would change the answer, say what it is. THE DECISION: [describe the situation and what's at stake] CONSTRAINTS: [budget / time / people / anything fixed]
Best for: the big, vague task you've been avoiding because you don't know where to start.
I've been putting off the task below because it feels big and undefined. Break it into the smallest possible first step I could do in under 10 minutes, then the next 5–7 concrete steps in order. For each step, note roughly how long it takes and what "done" looks like. If any step is actually a hidden decision or needs someone else, flag it so it doesn't silently block me. THE TASK: [describe it] DEADLINE / CONTEXT: [when it's due, why it matters]
Best for: before you hit send, ship, or close out — catch the thing you missed.
Act as a sharp, slightly paranoid colleague reviewing my plan below. Tell me: what am I likely forgetting, what's the most probable way this goes wrong, who haven't I looped in, and what's one small thing that would make this noticeably better. Be direct — I'd rather hear it now than after. End with a go / not-yet verdict and the single most important fix. WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DO: [paste the plan, email, launch checklist, etc.]
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Every prompt on this page follows the same shape, and you can build your own the same way. First, give the model a role ("You are my executive assistant"). Second, give it your real context — the actual email, the actual notes, your actual priorities. Third, specify the exact output format you want, right down to the sections and length. Vague in, vague out; specific in, usable out.
If you do nothing else, automate the two tasks you repeat most. For almost everyone that's email triage (prompt 1) and the weekly status update (prompt 7). Between them they can claw back an hour or two a week on their own — and once you feel that, the rest of the workflow follows naturally.
Automating your workday doesn't mean handing over judgment. Let the model draft, triage, summarise and propose — then you decide. Read every reply before it sends, sanity-check every summary against the source, and treat the decision memos as a way to think faster, not to think for you. Used that way, these prompts don't replace your work; they clear the runway so you can do the part only you can do.
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