Free tool

Five Boxes Prompt Builder

Fill the five boxes and the prompt writes itself. Each box is underlined in its own color in the result, so you can see what each part is doing. Copy it, or open it straight in Claude or ChatGPT.

Box 1 Role Who should the AI be? Optional. Best for voice and creative work. Box 2 Task What exact output do you want? Always a verb. Box 3 Context What does it need to know? Your business, the reader, the situation. Box 4 Constraints Length, tone, what to avoid. Box 5 Output format What should the answer look like?

Your prompt

How to use it

Fill the Task box first. It's the one that always matters. Use a verb: write, compare, summarize, list.
Add what the AI can't know. Your business, the reader, the situation. This is the box most people skip, and it's why their answers come back generic.
Set the rules and the shape. Length, tone, what to avoid, and what the answer should look like. A table. An email. Three options.
Treat the first answer as a draft. Ask for a shorter version, a different angle, or the reasoning behind it. The second answer is usually the good one.

Role is optional. Use it for voice and creative work. For analysis, say what lens to use instead of who to pretend to be. That's one of the things the course teaches in the first module.

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