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    Cookbook

    Starter prompts grouped by goal. Work in any major chat / coding / cloud-agent tool. Pick the closest, paste into your tool of choice, fill the brackets, send.

    Write & think

    Turn rough notes into a polished email

    Any chat app

    You'll get: An email draft + a subject line + two alternatives

    Here are my rough notes for an email. Produce three things:
    1) A clean version in a warm but direct tone — no corporate puffery.
    2) A one-sentence subject line.
    3) Two alternatives — shorter and more formal — so I can pick.
    Ask one clarifying question if anything is unclear.
    
    Notes:
    [paste here]

    Summarize a long document in three lengths

    Any chat app

    You'll get: TL;DR + paragraph + bulleted breakdown

    Summarize the attached document at three lengths so I can pick:
    - one-sentence TL;DR
    - one-paragraph summary
    - bulleted breakdown of the most important 5–8 points
    Keep numbers and proper nouns exact.

    Turn a transcript into action items

    Any chat app

    You'll get: Owners, due dates, blockers

    Read the attached meeting transcript and extract: (a) decisions made, (b) action items with owner + due date if mentioned, (c) any blockers. Format as three short markdown sections.

    Make a web thing

    A one-page portfolio

    Chat artifact or UI generator

    You'll get: Self-contained HTML page

    Build a single-page website. Self-contained HTML (style and JS inline, no external files).
    Purpose: a one-page "what I'm working on" portfolio.
    Sections: short intro, three projects with title + one-line description, a contact link.
    Style: warm, minimal, generous whitespace, serif headings. Works offline, no external assets.

    A pricing page (three tiers)

    Any UI generator (v0, Lovable, Bolt, Claude Design)

    You'll get: Production-ready React/HTML

    A pricing page with three tiers: Starter (free), Pro ($12/mo), Team ($29/seat).
    Visual style: modern, warm, generous whitespace. Pro tier highlighted as recommended.
    Each card: name, price, 3 features, CTA button. Mobile-responsive, single column on small screens.

    A landing page hero you can ship today

    Any UI generator (v0, Lovable, Bolt, Claude Design)

    You'll get: Hero section + a CTA

    Build a hero section for a product called [name] that does [one-sentence description].
    Audience: [who].
    Tone: [pick: playful / serious / premium / retro].
    Include: headline (max 8 words), supporting subhead, primary CTA button, secondary link. Above the fold on a laptop.

    Code & build

    Add a feature to an existing project

    Any coding CLI (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, aider)

    You'll get: Working code in your repo

    I want to add a [feature] to my project. Before writing any code:
    1) Read the relevant files and tell me which ones you'd change.
    2) Propose a one-paragraph plan.
    3) List any risks or open questions.
    Then wait for my OK before editing.

    Fix a failing build / test

    Any coding CLI (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, aider)

    You'll get: Green build, diagnosis explained

    The build is failing with the error below. Read the relevant files, find the root cause, and propose a fix. If there are multiple possible causes, list them and recommend which to try first.
    
    Error:
    [paste here]

    Write a small CLI to automate a chore

    Any coding CLI (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, aider)

    You'll get: A working script

    Write a Python script `[name].py` that:
    - Takes [inputs] as arguments.
    - Does [the thing].
    - Prints what it's about to do and asks for confirmation before any destructive change.
    Then run it against a tiny sample I can `mkdir`/`touch` into existence as a sanity check.

    Delegate at scale

    Tiny refactor across the codebase

    Any cloud agent (Devin, Cowork, Copilot Workspace)

    You'll get: A PR you can merge

    Repo: [repo].
    Goal: rename `oldName` to `newName` everywhere it appears, including imports, exports, tests, and docs. Don't touch comments that reference the old behavior.
    Verify by running the existing test suite. Open a PR when green.

    Dependency bump pass

    Any cloud agent (Devin, Cowork, Copilot Workspace)

    You'll get: PR with deps updated + tests green

    Repo: [repo].
    Bump all dependencies to their latest minor version. Run the test suite. If any tests break, stop and open a draft PR explaining what broke. If they pass, open a normal PR.

    Run an open-source agent

    Install Hermes Agent and give it a task

    Hermes (Nous Research)

    You'll get: A persistent background assistant

    (Run in Claude Code)
    /plugin marketplace add sypsyp97/claude-hermes
    /plugin install claude-hermes@claude-hermes
    /claude-hermes:start
    
    Then send Hermes:
    "Every weekday at 9am, read my Linear inbox and draft three follow-up replies for me to review."

    Quick aider session

    aider

    You'll get: Terminal pair-programming

    (Run in terminal)
    pip install aider-chat
    export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-…
    cd my-project
    aider --model sonnet
    
    Then describe the change you want and aider edits the files + commits to git.