1
Ask for Changes, Not a Restart
Free
Claude's draft email is good, but too formal and missing the price. Write a follow-up asking for just those two changes and keeping the rest.
What a good prompt includes
- keep the rest
- the tone change
- add the price
- only those changes
Say what to keep, then ask for just the two changes: less formal, and add the price.
Example prompt: This is close. Keep everything else the same, but make just two changes: make it less formal, and add the price of S$450 in the second paragraph.
2
Point to the Exact Part
Free
Write a follow-up asking Claude to rewrite only the second paragraph of its answer, because it's confusing, and leave the rest unchanged.
What a good prompt includes
- the exact part
- only that part
- what's wrong
- rewrite
Ask for a rewrite of only the second paragraph, say it's confusing, and leave the rest.
Example prompt: Rewrite only the second paragraph, because it's confusing. Make it clearer and shorter, and leave the rest of your answer exactly as it is.
3
Critique, Then Rewrite
Free
Write a follow-up asking Claude to critique its own draft against three criteria — clarity, length and tone — and then rewrite it.
What a good prompt includes
- critique first
- the criteria
- then rewrite
- its own draft
Ask Claude to critique its draft for clarity, length and tone, then rewrite it.
Example prompt: Critique your draft above against three criteria: clarity, length and tone. List the weaknesses you find, then rewrite the draft to fix them.
4
Ask for Bolder Options
Claude's slogan ideas were too generic. Write a follow-up asking for five more that are bolder and aimed at young professionals.
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5
Push Back on a Number
Claude said 15% of S$2,400 is S$300. Write a follow-up asking it to recheck the calculation and show its working.
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6
Narrow the Answer Down
Claude's list of project-management tools covered too much. Write a follow-up asking it to focus only on options under $50 a month for a team of five.
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7
Ask What's Missing
Write a follow-up asking Claude what else it would need to know from you to make its answer more useful.
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8
Change the Format Afterwards
Write a follow-up asking Claude to turn its previous answer into a table with the columns Option, Cost, Pros and Cons.
Solution and instant grading: open it in the practice app (use one of your 20 free picks, or Pro).
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9
Combine Two Drafts
You like the opening of version A and the ending of version B. Write a follow-up asking Claude to combine them into one draft.
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10
Ask for the Assumptions
Write a follow-up asking Claude for the final version, plus a list of any assumptions it made so you can check them.
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