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Reusable Prompt Templates: AI Prompt Exercises

Claude gives much better answers when it knows your situation, who it should act as and who the answer is for. These exercises practise giving it that context. These 10 exercises build up step by step, starting with turn a prompt into a template, write custom instructions, set rules for the whole chat.

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1

Turn a Prompt Into a Template

Free

Write a reusable prompt for your weekly report, with placeholders like [week], [project] and [highlights] that you fill in each time.

What a good prompt includes
  • the report
  • placeholders
  • what goes in
  • the format

Write the weekly report prompt once, with [placeholders] for the parts that change and fixed sections for highlights, blockers and next steps.

Example prompt: Write my weekly report for [week] on [project]. Use three sections with headings: highlights ([highlights]), blockers ([blockers]) and next steps. Keep it under 200 words.

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2

Write Custom Instructions

Free

Write instructions telling an AI assistant about your job — an HR officer at a 50-person company in Singapore — and how you like answers written.

What a good prompt includes
  • your role
  • the company
  • the location
  • answer style

Say you're an HR officer at a 50-person company in Singapore, and how you prefer answers written (short, with bullet points).

Example prompt: I'm an HR officer at a 50-person company in Singapore. Assume Singapore employment rules unless I say otherwise. I prefer short answers with bullet points and a plain tone.

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3

Set Rules for the Whole Chat

Free

Write an opening message telling Claude that, for the whole conversation, it should use British spelling and ask you before making assumptions.

What a good prompt includes
  • for the whole chat
  • British spelling
  • ask first
  • no assumptions

Say the rules apply for the whole conversation: British spelling, and ask before assuming.

Example prompt: For the whole conversation, please use British spelling, and ask me a question before making any assumptions about my situation or what I want.

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4

Template for Delay Replies

Write a reusable prompt for replying to customers complaining about a delivery delay, with placeholders for their name, order number and the new delivery date.

Solution and instant grading: open it in the practice app (use one of your 20 free picks, or Pro).

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5

Review Against a Checklist

Write a prompt that asks Claude to review any job ad you paste against four points: salary shown, location, clear duties and inclusive language.

Solution and instant grading: open it in the practice app (use one of your 20 free picks, or Pro).

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6

Describe Your Readers Once

Write a prompt describing your newsletter readers — busy small business owners who aren't technical — that you can reuse for every draft.

Solution and instant grading: open it in the practice app (use one of your 20 free picks, or Pro).

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7

Put an Example in the Template

Write a reusable prompt for product descriptions that includes one example description in the style you want, plus placeholders for the product details.

Solution and instant grading: open it in the practice app (use one of your 20 free picks, or Pro).

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8

Define How Every Answer Ends

Write an instruction telling Claude that every answer in this chat should end with a line starting "Next step:" and one single action.

Solution and instant grading: open it in the practice app (use one of your 20 free picks, or Pro).

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9

Write a Role Card

Write a prompt setting Claude up as a hiring manager interviewing you for a finance analyst job: one question at a time, with feedback at the end.

Solution and instant grading: open it in the practice app (use one of your 20 free picks, or Pro).

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10

Fix a Template That's Too Wordy

Your template keeps producing answers that are far too long. Write a prompt asking Claude to improve the template itself so answers come out short.

Solution and instant grading: open it in the practice app (use one of your 20 free picks, or Pro).

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