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Write clearer prompts for everyday AI tasks
Describe the task and intended audience and supply the facts the answer must use.
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Check AI answers against original sources
Open the cited primary source and verify that it supports the exact claim.
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Use AI to summarize a long document
Work from material you are authorized to share and specify what the summary must preserve.
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Keep private information out of AI prompts
Remove names and account details that are unnecessary for the task.
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Turn rough notes into a useful first draft
Supply the original notes and identify which details must remain unchanged.
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Use AI to compare options more carefully
Define comparison criteria and give the same evidence for each option.
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Ask AI for a useful explanation
State your current knowledge and ask for an example grounded in a familiar task.
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Create reusable prompt templates
Separate the fixed instructions from the input fields that change each time.
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Review an AI generated email draft
Confirm names and commitments and remove language that implies a decision you have not made.
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Use AI to plan a research question
Ask for the information needed to answer a clearly bounded question.
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Understand why AI can invent details
Recognize that fluent output is not a guarantee of factual accuracy.
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Use AI for spreadsheet formula ideas
Provide a small anonymized example with the expected result.
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Review AI generated code before running it
Read file and network operations and understand dependencies before execution.
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Use AI to improve a document outline
Give the purpose and audience and ask for a structure that supports the intended decision.
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Create an AI assisted meeting summary
Obtain appropriate permission before sharing a recording or transcript.
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Choose an AI tool for a specific task
Compare supported inputs and export formats with the work you need to complete.
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Understand AI context limits
Keep essential instructions and relevant source material within the active task.
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Use AI to simplify technical writing
Provide the original passage and identify terms that must remain precise.
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Build an AI fact checking workflow
Separate factual claims from suggestions and locate independent primary evidence.
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Use AI for language practice
Ask for corrections with short explanations matched to your current level.
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Translate a document with AI assistance
Preserve names and measurements and specify the intended audience.
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Use AI to organize a reading list
Provide the actual source titles and ask for grouping by topic or difficulty.
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Turn a vague goal into a working brief
State the outcome and available resources and ask for questions that expose missing requirements.
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Review AI generated product descriptions
Supply verified specifications and prohibit unsupported performance claims.
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Use AI to draft accessibility text
Describe the meaningful content and purpose of an image in context.
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Understand AI image authenticity limits
Treat generated images as illustrations rather than evidence of a real event.
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Create a prompt for consistent document editing
Specify the desired tone and identify facts and quotations that must remain unchanged.
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Use AI to extract tasks from notes
Ask for the exact supporting sentence for each suggested task.
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Evaluate an AI summary for omissions
Compare the summary with the source conclusion and any qualifying sections.
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Use AI for troubleshooting ideas
Describe the exact symptom and recent changes without sharing secrets.
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Keep a record of AI assisted decisions
Save the source inputs and the reasoning you accepted in your normal project records.
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Compare AI outputs fairly
Use the same task and evidence and assess results against predefined criteria.
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Use AI to prepare interview questions
Define the role and the competencies that the interview should assess.
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Create a safe AI brainstorming session
Keep ideas separate from verified facts and give clear constraints.
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Use AI to improve search queries
Describe what you already know and what evidence would answer the question.
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Understand automation versus AI assistance
Identify which steps follow fixed rules and which require judgment.
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Choose an export format for AI generated work
Select a format supported by the tools that will receive the document.
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Use AI to review a presentation narrative
Provide the audience and the decision the presentation should support.
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Build a small evaluation set for an AI workflow
Collect representative examples and define what a correct result should contain.
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Handle conflicting AI answers
Identify the exact claims in disagreement and locate primary evidence for each.
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Use AI to draft a support response
Provide the documented issue and approved troubleshooting steps.
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Create a glossary with AI assistance
Supply the domain and source material and request plain language definitions.
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Use AI to reorganize a knowledge base
Work from an inventory of existing documents and preserve their original links.
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Understand AI tool access permissions
Review which files and external services a tool can reach before connecting it.
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Review AI generated citations
Check author and title details on the publisher or institution website.
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Use AI for a project retrospective
Provide concrete outcomes and observations without private personnel information.
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Create a useful AI handoff note
Include the objective and current state and clearly identify unfinished work.
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Manage versions of AI assisted drafts
Save meaningful revisions in the same document system used by your team.
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Set boundaries for AI email assistance
Use drafting access before granting any ability to send messages.
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Use AI to explain an error message
Provide the exact message and relevant environment details with secrets removed.
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Build a responsible AI review habit
Check factual claims and permissions before using generated material in public.
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Use source excerpts to make an AI review more precise
Provide the specific passage under review and define the question the assistant should answer from that material.
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Test an AI workflow with an intentionally incomplete example
Create a small sample that omits an important fact and check whether the assistant acknowledges the gap.
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Keep human approval clear in an AI assisted workflow
Identify the step that sends, publishes or changes important information and require an explicit review before that step.