Prompt better · Practical guide
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You’ll finish with: a draft that follows the useful pattern without copying facts from the example.
An example can show the tone you mean faster than “make it more professional”. Choose a short piece you are allowed to reuse and tell AI what to learn from it. The facts still come from today’s brief.
Set up
Set aside 15 minutes. Use the invented before-and-after below, so no customer writing or third-party style needs to be copied.
Try this example
FICTIONAL PRACTICE MATERIAL
Style sample: Quick update: the draft is ready. Jo is checking the figures. I’ll share the checked version afterwards. New facts: venue options collected; capacity not confirmed; Lee will ask the venues.Do the task
- Explain that the sample demonstrates structure and tone only.
- Ask for a fresh update using the new facts.
- Compare the draft for accidental carry-over of Jo, figures or sharing commitments.
Your reusable prompt
Study the sample’s short sentences and direct structure. Write a new update using only the new facts. Do not reuse its people, dates or commitments.
PRACTICE INPUT
Style sample: Quick update: the draft is ready. Jo is checking the figures. I’ll share the checked version afterwards. New facts: venue options collected; capacity not confirmed; Lee will ask the venues.Refine your result
Show which details came from the style sample and which came from the new notes. Remove any sample fact that slipped into the draft.Check the result
The new update should mention Lee and unconfirmed capacity. It must not refer to Jo checking figures, because that belonged to the example.
Save and reuse
Save the sample with a label saying “style only”, alongside your checked new update.
Sources and notes
- Writing clear prompts Checked 2026-10-05
- The practice input and teaching prompt are original 5HO material. Examples are fictional; they are not screenshots or claims of a completed real-world task.
- Official documentation supports the relevant product concepts. Setup availability depends on your account; where a guide offers a fallback, it does not prove the connected capability worked.