Good stuff to know. Here's a sort of upside-down trick I use to create useful/reusable/customizable prompts ... Whenever you find a particular article, post, paper, explanation — any piece of writing, really — that you think is written particularly well on a given topic (movies to watch, explanations of particular pieces of legislation, etc.), copy and paste (or link to) it into ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini / Perplexity and preface it with this statement:
“Reverse engineer the prompt that could have been used to create this text:”
You can then re-use the resulting prompt — modified as needed — to create other similar-quality material.
Bill, I took your prompt and asked PromptVibes to create a version for us. Seemed like the right thing to do given we're talking about the post on PromptVibes. Here is it's answer:
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Act as a reverse engineering expert specializing in text analysis. I will provide you with a body of text. Your task is to analyze the text and deduce the most likely prompt that could have led to its creation. Focus on identifying key themes, purposes, and any specific language or terminology used that could indicate the original prompt's intent. Provide a prompt that succinctly encapsulates these elements. Ensure that your suggested prompt is broad enough to have plausibly resulted in the provided text, but specific enough to reflect the nuances and particularities of the content. If the text is ambiguous or lacks clear indicators of its origin, request additional context to better inform your analysis
I’ve recently been introduced to CitizenAI. It combs local legislation (video and audio) and transcribes text for you. I research Bitcoin at the local level and this helps me decide on who to vote for.
Tom:
Good stuff to know. Here's a sort of upside-down trick I use to create useful/reusable/customizable prompts ... Whenever you find a particular article, post, paper, explanation — any piece of writing, really — that you think is written particularly well on a given topic (movies to watch, explanations of particular pieces of legislation, etc.), copy and paste (or link to) it into ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini / Perplexity and preface it with this statement:
“Reverse engineer the prompt that could have been used to create this text:”
You can then re-use the resulting prompt — modified as needed — to create other similar-quality material.
Bill, I took your prompt and asked PromptVibes to create a version for us. Seemed like the right thing to do given we're talking about the post on PromptVibes. Here is it's answer:
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Act as a reverse engineering expert specializing in text analysis. I will provide you with a body of text. Your task is to analyze the text and deduce the most likely prompt that could have led to its creation. Focus on identifying key themes, purposes, and any specific language or terminology used that could indicate the original prompt's intent. Provide a prompt that succinctly encapsulates these elements. Ensure that your suggested prompt is broad enough to have plausibly resulted in the provided text, but specific enough to reflect the nuances and particularities of the content. If the text is ambiguous or lacks clear indicators of its origin, request additional context to better inform your analysis
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I’ve recently been introduced to CitizenAI. It combs local legislation (video and audio) and transcribes text for you. I research Bitcoin at the local level and this helps me decide on who to vote for.