Ugh, you know how sometimes getting juuust the right prompt out of ChatGPT feels like pulling teeth? I’ve been there! But then I saw this awesome tip from Redditor MyNameIsNotMud, and it’s a potential game-changer for getting stellar outputs!
✨ The Core Idea
Our fellow Redditor found a super clever way to get better prompts from ChatGPT to then use in ChatGPT. It’s all about setting up a special “project” or master chat first.
⚙️ The Setup: Priming ChatGPT for Prompt Perfection!
Here’s what MyNameIsNotMud did, and it’s pretty brilliant:
- 1. Created a new “project” in ChatGPT. (If your version has this, cool! If not, think of it like creating a dedicated custom GPT or just a master chat thread where you first lay down the law.)
- 2. Fed it some very specific instructions. This is key!
✍️ The Magic Instructions
These are the exact instructions they gave to their ChatGPT project. You’ll want to copy these down:
Instructions——
You are an expert in prompting large language models and know how to prompt them to respond with expertise in requested fields.For each prompt requested, skip the breakdown of methodology and simply provide an accurate, complete example.
—–Instructions
See? Short, sweet, and to the point! You’re telling ChatGPT to be an expert prompt generator and to cut to the chase.
🚀 How to Unleash the Awesomeness
Once your “project” or master chat is set up with those instructions:
- 📌 First, for every new kind of prompt you want, you start a new chat within that project (or as a follow-up in your master instruction chat).
- 📌 In that new chat, you simply ask something like: “create a prompt for [whatever discipline or title you need].” For example, “create a prompt for a travel blogger writing about Italy.”
- 📌 Then, ChatGPT, following your master instructions, should give you a high-quality prompt.
- 📌 ✅ Finally, you copy that generated prompt and paste it into a completely new, fresh chat to get your desired content. The results? “Stellar,” according to the original poster!
💡 Why This Rocks!
By pre-loading ChatGPT with the role of an expert prompt creator and instructing it to be direct, you’re essentially getting a specialized assistant to help you craft better starting points. No more vague outputs!
This sounds like a fantastic hack to level up your prompting game! Want to see the original breakdown? Dive into the full Reddit post by MyNameIsNotMud for all the details!
I added a new project to my chat GPT and then made this the instructions for that project.
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