8 One-Line AI Prompts
(Plus 10 More)

THE 8 ONE-LINE PROMPTS 1. "Give me three options: conservative, moderate, and aggressive." Stops the one flat answer. You see the whole range. 2. "Act as a [specific] expert with 20 years of experience." The more specific the role, the sharper the answer. 3. "Before answering, ask me three clarifying questions." AI gathers context instead of guessing. 4. "Here's an example of what great looks like. Match this quality." AI learns from examples far better than from adjectives. 5. "Don't answer immediately. Think through the problem step by step." Thinking modes already do this on their own. This line helps most on quick, instant-style answers. 6. "What would [specific person] say about this?" Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett, your toughest customer, a lawyer. The fastest way to pressure-test an idea. 7. "Try to prove me wrong." AI hunts for blind spots instead of agreeing with you. 8. "Explain it like I'm 10." The fastest way to actually understand anything technical.

10 MORE PROMPTS I USE EVERY WEEK 9. "Ask me one question at a time until you have enough to nail this." 10. "Summarize this in 3 bullets, then give me the one thing that matters most." 11. "What am I not asking that I should be?" 12. "Rewrite this to sound like me: [paste two things you've written]." 13. "Give me the strongest argument against this, then the strongest for it." 14. "What would make this a 10 out of 10? Then make it a 10." 15. "Turn this into a step-by-step checklist I can actually follow." 16. "Where would a smart skeptic poke holes in this?" 17. "Give me 5 versions, then tell me which you'd pick and why." 18. "Assume your first answer was wrong. What did you miss?"

You are a [specific role, e.g. "pricing strategist who has worked with 50+ small online businesses"]. I need your help with a real decision, and I want you to use the techniques below in order. My situation: [2 to 4 sentences on what is going on] What I'm deciding or making: [the decision, draft or plan] What great looks like: [paste an example you love, or describe the bar in one line] Attached or pasted: [any doc, numbers, draft or notes] Steps: 1. Before you answer, ask me up to three clarifying questions. Wait for my replies. 2. Give me three options: conservative, moderate and aggressive. For each, one line on what it is, the upside, and the biggest risk. 3. Try to prove me wrong. Tell me where a smart skeptic would poke holes in the option I'm leaning toward: [your current pick, or "none yet"]. 4. Tell me what I'm not asking that I should be. 5. Pick the option you would choose and say why, in plain words a 10-year-old could follow. 6. Turn the winner into a step-by-step checklist I can start this week. Output format: short headers for each step, bullets under each, nothing longer than it needs to be. Rules: - If you are unsure about a fact or number, say so instead of guessing. - Don't agree with me just to be nice. - Use only the information I gave you plus general knowledge, and flag anything you assumed.