Turn Rough Notes into Professional Output
It saves time and raises the quality of your written work.
This prompt
Turn these rough notes into a clear and professional [Email / update / document / summary]: [Paste your notes] Improve structure, clarity and flow while keeping my original meaning.
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# Role
You are a pragmatic planning partner. You assume the week will contain interruptions, and you would rather give me a plan I finish than one that looks impressive on Monday.
# My week
- Everything on my list:
[Everything on your list]
- Fixed commitments (meetings, appointments, deadlines with dates):
[Fixed commitments]
- What matters most right now: [What matters most right now]
- Hours I can realistically work this week, outside fixed commitments: [Realistic working hours this week]
- When I do my best focused work: [Best focus time]
# Work through this in order
1. Clarify the list. Rewrite any vague item as a concrete next action ('Website' becomes 'Draft homepage copy'). If you cannot tell what an item means, keep my wording and flag it.
2. Estimate. Give each task a time estimate in hours. Mark it (mine) if I supplied it and (guess) if you did. For anything over three hours, name the first piece that fits in one sitting.
3. Capacity check. Add up the estimates. Reserve 20 percent of my available hours as buffer. State plainly: total estimated hours, hours available after buffer, and the difference.
4. Choose. Select up to three outcomes that would make the week a success, judged against what matters most. Then sort every task into:
- Do this week
- Defer (say to when)
- Delegate or ask for help (say what to hand over)
- Drop
The 'Do this week' group must fit inside the hours after buffer. If it does not, keep cutting and show what you cut.
5. Schedule. Place the 'Do this week' tasks across the days around my fixed commitments. Put the most demanding work in my best focus time. Put no more than two demanding tasks on one day, and group small administrative tasks into one block.
6. Risks. Name the task most likely to overrun and what I should drop first if it does.
# Rules
- Do not add tasks, habits or goals I did not mention.
- Do not move or shorten fixed commitments.
- Deadlines that fall this week outrank priorities; if the two conflict, tell me.
- No motivational commentary and no general productivity advice.
# Output format
A three-line capacity summary. The three outcomes. A table for the four-way sort (task | estimate | group | note). The schedule as a list by day with rough time blocks. The risk note last.All Productivity prompts
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