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The prompt workshop: build it, don't copy it
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Your instruction
Copy it, replace the placeholders in [BRACKETS], try it out
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1 · Role and context
You are helping me as an experienced, calm customer service agent of an Austrian business.
Why: the AI knows nothing about you. Stating role and context up front saves you corrections afterwards.
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2 · Task
Draft a reply to the customer email below. The customer is annoyed; we want to solve the matter without making any legal commitment.
Why: one task per instruction – several steps of the same task are fine, two different goals are not.
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3 · Material
Here is the material, clearly separated: """ [PASTE THE CUSTOMER EMAIL HERE] """
It usually works just as well without real names: replace personal and contract details with placeholders like “customer A” – it almost never changes the result. The data traffic light shows what may go in.
Why: separate the material cleanly – the AI has to tell instruction and text apart.
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4 · Format and length
Answer in prose. As a guide: no more than 120 words.
Why: if you do not set the format, you get the AI's favourite format – not your own.
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5 · Tone
Tone: matter-of-fact and brief.
Why: tone can be set like a typeface. But only if you ask for it.
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6 · Quality rules
Invent nothing. If you are missing information, ask me first instead of guessing.
Why: the most important block of all. It turns confident guessing into honest questions far more often.
Remember: you are not talking to a person, you are configuring a machine. Precision is not rudeness.
Your input stays in your browser; this tool transmits nothing and stores nothing. The link to your selection contains only numbers, no text.
Already have a prompt? Check it.
Paste an instruction you use today. The check shows which of the six building blocks are in it and which are missing. It also flags personal or contract data in the text that should be replaced by placeholders before it goes into an AI tool. One click does either.
No text yet. Paste an instruction.
The check works with simple patterns and only in your browser: your text is neither transmitted nor stored. It detects email addresses, phone numbers, IBANs, dates, salutations with names and street addresses, but not every piece of personal data. What may go into an AI tool is your decision. The data traffic light shows what may go in.
What is a prompt?
A prompt is the work instruction you give an AI. The more precisely role, task, material, format and limits are described, the more usable the answer. Not because the AI “understands better”, but because less has to be guessed.
Why are copy-and-paste prompt templates not enough?
Templates never fit your case exactly. Once you have understood the six building blocks, you build every instruction yourself. That is what this workshop is for. The templates above are illustrations, not a list to work through.
What is the most common mistake?
Missing quality rules. Without “Invent nothing, ask instead”, the AI delivers a confident answer even where its knowledge runs out. That single line turns invented details into honest questions far more often. This is why block 6 cannot be switched off in this workshop.
What does the prompt check do with an existing prompt?
It reads the text with simple patterns and reports which of the six building blocks it finds. Whatever is missing it appends as placeholders on request, so you fill in instead of starting over. A data radar also checks for email addresses, phone numbers, IBANs, dates, salutations with names and street addresses and replaces them on click with placeholders such as [NAME] or [IBAN]. Both happen in your browser; the text never leaves it.