You'd never hand a new hire a task by saying "write some posts." You'd tell them who they are, what the business does, exactly what you need, what it should look like, and what not to do.
AI is the same. A prompt is a job brief. Five parts, every time — whether you run a barbershop, a food truck, a cleaning company, or a consulting practice.
Fill in the five parts. The meter tracks what you've written and the prompt assembles itself on the right.
Your prompt appears here as you fill in the parts…
Four businesses, four real problems. Open each one — read the weak version, then the brief. Ask yourself what changed before you read the answer.
Paste something you've actually typed into ChatGPT. This checks it against the five parts and tells you what's missing — before you waste another round.
Paste a prompt and hit "Check my prompt" — the verdict lands here.
Every business has these six jobs. Write your brief first, run it, then open the model answer and compare. Yours doesn't need to match — it needs all five parts.
A message to customers who haven't bought or booked in months. No guilt trip, no mass-blast energy.
Raise your prices and keep your customers. The message most owners avoid writing for months.
Your menu, service list, or product page says the bare minimum. Make it sell without sounding like a brochure.
A short-form script for the thing you want to sell more of.
A monthly email to your list that isn't just a promo.
The task you do every single week. Write the brief once so you never write it again.
Ready to run in any business. Swap the bracketed parts for your own details — filling the brackets is the whole job.
You are a social media manager for small businesses. My business: [what you sell, where, who buys it]. I have this footage or these photos: [describe them]. Turn them into two weeks of content. Format: a table with date, platform, hook, caption, and which asset to use. Limits: [how many posts a week you'll realistically do]. Tone: [yours]. Avoid: [your no-go list].
You are a content strategist. My business: [details]. My message this week: [the one thing you want to say]. Adapt it for an Instagram caption, a TikTok script, an email subject and body, a Google Business post, and a text to my customer list. Format: label each, keep each to its native length. Limits: same message, genuinely different phrasing. Don't paste the same sentence five times.
You are a brand strategist. My business: [long, messy description — write everything]. Write the one line I use when someone asks what I do. Format: 10 options under 15 words each. Sort from most plain to most memorable. Limits: no jargon, no "solutions," no "passionate about." A stranger should understand it instantly.