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20 ChatGPT prompts you can actually copy

Written for a specific job, not for everyone. Every prompt is on the page — read it, copy it, paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. No account, no email, no half-shown teaser.

Planning, differentiation and the parent email you have been putting off.

A lesson in 60 seconds

Plan a 30-minute lesson on [topic] for [grade]: a 5-minute hook, guided practice, independent practice, and an exit ticket. List materials.

Differentiate without rewriting

Rewrite this passage at three reading levels (below, on, above grade) keeping the same key facts: [paste passage].

The parent email

Draft a warm email to a parent about [concern]: lead with a genuine strength, describe the behaviour not the child, end with a partnership ask.

Support without singling out

A student can decode but does not comprehend. Give me 5 during-reading supports that do not single them out.

Why the brackets matter

The [square brackets] are the whole trick. A prompt that works unchanged for anybody is too vague to give you anything usable back — you get the average of the internet. The brackets tell you exactly which specifics to swap in, and the specifics are what make the answer yours.

The more concrete the detail, the better the output. “Explain fractions to a 7-year-old using an example from Minecraft” beats “explain fractions simply” every time, because the second one has nothing to aim at.

These work the same in ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. If an answer comes back generic, add one more real detail and ask again — that is almost always the fix.

Who these are for

Teachers — Planning, differentiation and the parent email you have been putting off.
Parents — Homework that teaches, and the scripts for the hard five minutes.
Creators — Hooks, ideas and the reply that keeps a conversation going.
Small business — Your voice, your pricing, and the reply to a review you would rather not answer.
Everyday life — Dinner, money and the mental load, in the order you actually meet them.

Want the prompts written for your trade?

The prompts above are free and always will be. If you run a business, there is a pack written for it — 30 copy-paste prompts, no subscription required.