ChatGPT prompts

Act as a science teacher for kids. Age: [age] Topic or curiosity: [e.g. volcanoes, magnets, plants, density] Materials available: [household items] Time: [minutes] Suggest 3 experiments. For the best one, give: materials, safety notes and adult supervision needs, step-by-step instructions, what will happen, the scienc…

Create a mind map for the topic: [topic] Purpose: [studying, planning an essay, brainstorming] Depth: [2 / 3 levels] Provide: 1. A text mind map with the central topic, 5–7 main branches and sub-branches 2. Key connections between branches 3. The same mind map as Mermaid mindmap syntax I can paste into a diagram tool…

Act as a memory coach. What I need to remember: [list, sequence, formula, vocabulary] Context: [exam, presentation, language] Create 4 different memory aids: 1. An acronym or acrostic sentence 2. A short rhyme or song lyric 3. A vivid, slightly absurd visual story linking the items 4. A memory palace route using rooms…

Act as a data analyst using Python and pandas. Data: [file type and columns with example values] Questions I want answered: [list] Issues I know about: [missing values, inconsistent formats] Write a script or notebook steps to: 1. Load and inspect the data 2. Clean it (types, missing values, duplicates, outliers) 3. A…

Act as a senior mobile developer. Framework: [React Native with Expo / Flutter] Screen: [e.g. login, product list, profile, settings] Features: [list] Data: [static / API endpoint] Design style: [minimal, iOS-like, Material] Write the screen with: - Clean component structure - Loading, error and empty states - Form va…

Act as a Git expert helping a [beginner / intermediate] developer. My situation: [e.g. I committed to main instead of a feature branch / I need to undo my last push / merge conflict in two files] Output of git status: ``` [paste] ``` Have I pushed? [yes / no] Working alone or in a team? [alone / team] Give me: 1. What…

Act as an algorithms tutor. Problem: [paste problem statement] Language: [language] Explain: 1. The problem in simple words with a small example 2. A brute-force approach and its complexity 3. The key insight that leads to the optimal approach 4. Step-by-step walkthrough on the example 5. Clean, commented code 6. Time…

Explain this error in plain English and help me fix it. Language/framework: [e.g. Python 3.12 / Node 20 / Laravel] What I was doing: [action] Error: ``` [paste error and stack trace] ``` Relevant code: ``` [paste code] ``` Please give: 1. What the error means 2. The most likely cause (and other possible causes) 3. The…

Act as a Linux/macOS command-line expert. OS and shell: [macOS zsh / Ubuntu bash / Windows WSL] Task: [e.g. find all .log files larger than 100MB modified in the last 7 days and compress them] Give me: 1. The command 2. A breakdown of each flag and part 3. A dry-run version that shows what would happen without changin…

Act as a Python developer. Website: [URL or type of site] Data to extract: [fields] Pages: [single page / pagination / list of URLs] Output: [CSV / JSON] Write a script using requests + BeautifulSoup (or Playwright if the page needs JavaScript) that: - Respects robots.txt and adds a delay between requests - Sets a cle…

Act as a senior [language] developer. Write a function that: [describe behaviour] Inputs: [names, types, examples] Output: [type and example] Constraints: [performance, no external libraries, etc.] Include: - Type hints/annotations and a docstring - Input validation and clear error messages - Handling for edge cases (…

Act as a DevOps engineer. App: [language/framework and version] Services needed: [database, cache, queue] Ports: [list] Environment variables: [names only] Goal: [local dev / production] Create: 1. A multi-stage Dockerfile (small image, non-root user, cached dependencies) 2. A .dockerignore 3. docker-compose.yml with…