Every prompt from Chapter 6 of Talking to AI — Second Edition. Tap Copy on any prompt and paste it into your AI tool of choice. 10 prompts from this chapter.
Email: Customer Success Update
Act as a customer success manager at a SaaS company. Write a professional email to a long-term client informing them about a two-week delay in the product launch. The tone should be honest and apologetic but confident that we will deliver. Reference our last call where we discussed the beta testing timeline. Include a revised timeline and offer a call to discuss. Keep it under 200 words.
Email: Conference Follow-Up
Write a warm follow-up email to Priya, whom I met at the TechSummit conference in Bangalore on Tuesday. We discussed AI adoption in manufacturing. Reference her comment about quality control challenges. Suggest a 20-minute call next week to explore how our solutions might help. Keep it under 100 words and end with a specific question to encourage a reply.
Email: Difficult Conversation (Vendor Quality)
Draft a professional but firm email to our design vendor. Their last three deliverables had significant color inconsistencies and missed our brand guidelines. I want to give them a chance to improve, not fire them. Ask for a revised process that includes a checkpoint before final delivery. Tone: direct, respectful, solution-oriented.
Email: Cold Outreach
Write a cold outreach email to the head of marketing at a mid-size e-commerce company. I run a conversion optimization agency. Open with a specific pain point they likely face: declining email open rates. Mention one relevant case study result: we increased a similar company's open rates by 34 percent. Include a soft call to action, not pushy. Keep it under 100 words.
Summarize Meeting Notes
Summarize the following meeting transcript. Structure the summary as: Key Decisions Made, Action Items with who is responsible and deadlines, Open Questions, and Topics Requiring Follow-Up. Keep it under 500 words.
Summarize a Research Paper
Summarize this research paper for a non-technical audience. Include: the main research question, methodology in one sentence, key findings with specific numbers, practical implications, and limitations. Keep it under 300 words.
Summarize a Quarterly Report
Summarize this quarterly report in three to five paragraphs. Focus on metrics that show year-over-year performance. Highlight any category that declined more than 10 percent. End with the three most important strategic implications.
The Data Analysis Prompt Template
Purpose: Get actionable insights from any dataset using AI
I am uploading [describe the data: what it contains, time period, number of records]. Please analyse this data and: 1) [Specific question you want answered] 2) [Second question or type of analysis] 3) [Third question or comparison] Present findings as: [format: executive summary / bullet points / report with charts] Flag any data quality issues you notice. Highlight anything surprising or unexpected.
Variables you can change
- Data description: Be specific about columns, time periods, and what the data represents
- Questions: Ask specific business questions, not just "analyse this"
- Format: Executive summary for leadership, detailed report for analysts, bullet points for quick review
- Audience: Specify who will read this to calibrate complexity
Socratic Learning Prompt
I want to learn about machine learning. Act as a Socratic tutor. Do not give me direct answers. Instead, ask me questions that lead me to discover the answer myself. Correct my misconceptions gently. Build from what I already know. Increase complexity gradually. Start by asking what I already know about this topic.
Multi-Level Explanation
Explain quantum computing to me at three levels: first, like I am ten years old. Second, like I am a college student. Third, like I am a professional in the field. Use a different analogy at each level.