Agent prompt library
A library organised by the job: writing, office work, data, code, job hunting, marketing, legal, finance, teaching, support. Each entry says when to use it, what to state up front and what to check. Copy it, adapt it to your case.
1015 prompts / 24 categories · Updated 2026-11-14
Entries in one category share a working process (how to do it) while the checkpoints are written per scenario (where to look). This library is not one template with the nouns swapped: it is the same craft applied to different jobs. You pick the job; the process is already set.
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Each category shares one working process; the checkpoints are written per scenario. Pick the category, then the job.
47Writing and copyFrom angle to draft. State the reader, the occasion and what to avoid, and the filler disappears.
- Long-form article: outline first, draft second
- Social post: open with a scene, not a manual
- Product page: turn claims into evidence
52Office and documentsMeetings, reports, proposals, process. Structure matters, not word count.
- Meeting notes: decisions, actions and disagreement kept apart
- Weekly report: from log to decision material
- Deck outline: one decision per slide
50Data and analysisDefinitions, extraction, anomalies, SQL. Have it restate the definition and most rework vanishes.
- Metric definition: nail the definition first
- Natural language to SQL: schema first
- Anomaly: hypotheses before investigation
50Code and debuggingReading code, isolating faults, implementing, testing. Hypotheses before conclusions.
- Reading unfamiliar code: map before detail
- Error triage: hypotheses before patches
- Add tests: boundaries before cases
47Learning and examsExplaining, self-testing, quizzing, reviewing. Pitch it to your level, not an encyclopedia's.
- Explain a concept: three layers, no definition first
- Feynman check: I explain, you only find the holes
- Quiz me: by failure mode, not by chapter
53Life and decisionsTravel, purchases, housework, family. One or two executable conclusions, not every possibility.
- Trip plan: trade-offs before timetable
- Buying: criteria before specs
- Cooking: adapt a dish to what you have
48Agents and automationRoles, tool contracts, boundaries, evaluation. These decide whether an agent works.
- Write a system prompt: role, bounds, output, refusal
- Task splitting: down to acceptance criteria
- Tool contract: when not to call
45Image and videoText to image, video scripts. Images need subject, light, lens, aspect; video needs a shot table.
- Text to image: subject, light, lens, frame
- Short video: hook in three seconds, one line per shot
- Product shot: white background versus scene
30Job huntingResume, applying, interviews, salary. Turning 'I was involved' into what you did and what changed.
- Resume rewrite: clear in twenty seconds
- Cover letter: why you in three sentences
- Role fit: is it worth applying
39Workplace communicationReporting up, refusing, chasing, conflict, managing. The hard part is what not to say.39 entries · open
36Marketing and growthPositioning, ads, content, campaigns, channels. Audience and message before creative.
- Positioning: one sentence of difference
- Audience: findable or it is fiction
- Selling points: specs into reasons
36E-commerceProduct pages, support, campaigns, retention, reviews. Conversion lives in detail.
- Product selection: can it be sold twice
- Pricing: three costs first
- Main image: the first one decides the click
36Teaching and trainingCurriculum, lesson plans, exercises, assessment. Make them succeed inside the session.
- Syllabus: backwards from capability
- Objectives: written so they can be checked
- Lesson plan: forty-five minutes
35ResearchTopics, literature, methods, writing, submission. Why would this conclusion hold.
- Topic: from interesting to finishable
- Research question: falsifiable in one sentence
- Literature review: the argument, not the consensus
28Translation and localisationTerminology, tone, culture, multilingual release. Literal translation is the cheapest and worst option.
- Chinese to English: break sentences first
- English to Chinese: no translationese
- Terminology: one term, one rendering
35Legal and contractsContract review, drafting, risk notes. Language-level judgement, not legal advice.
- Purchase contract: before the money leaves
- Sales contract: getting paid
- Employment contract: what to check
35Finance and operationsBudget, cost, statements, pricing, cash flow. Separate accounting from management views.35 entries · open
39Product and designRequirements, prototypes, interaction, acceptance. Ask what happens if we do not build it.
- Requirement analysis: what they actually do
- Prioritisation: beyond urgent-important
- PRD: detailed enough to build
35HealthSymptom notes, appointment prep, recovery, habits. Helps you describe things clearly; not a diagnosis.35 entries · open
48Customer supportScripts, complaints, refunds, escalation, knowledge base. Solve first, explain later.48 entries · open
48Hiring and people opsJDs, interviews, assessment, onboarding, performance. Replace gut feel with criteria.48 entries · open
47Social and content opsPositioning, topics, cadence, analytics. Platform rules matter more than creativity.47 entries · open
48Engineering and manufacturingDrawings, process, quality, safety, acceptance. Tolerances and criteria, not 'meets requirements'.48 entries · open
48Security and operationsAccess, backup, incident, compliance, deployment. Worst case first, prevention second.48 entries · open
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