Summary  
This chapter presents template-based prompt design, illustrating how to define and adapt reusable prompt structures with role prompting and iterative refinement to guide AI outputs.

General domain of usage  
Office productivity tasks.

Everything you've learned in this section — the four building blocks, 
role prompting, iteration — is useful only if it translates into your 
actual daily work.

This chapter gives you a set of ready-to-use prompt templates for the 
tasks most professionals deal with regularly. Each template is 
designed to be adapted, not copy-pasted wholesale.


## Template 1 — Writing a Professional Email


Write a [formal / friendly / direct] email to [recipient: client /
colleague / manager] about [topic].

Context: [1–2 sentences of background — what happened, what you need]

The goal of the email is to [inform / request / follow up / apologize /
confirm].

Length: [short (under 100 words) / medium / detailed]
Tone: [professional / warm / neutral]


Template

Write a friendly but professional email to a client who hasn't
responded to our proposal in two weeks.

Context: We sent a detailed proposal on April 3rd for a 6-month
consulting engagement. They seemed enthusiastic in our last call
but have gone quiet since.

The goal is to follow up without being pushy and to re-open dialogue.
Length: short. Tone: warm and professional.



Prompt

## Template 2 — Summarizing a Document or Meeting


Summarize the following [document / meeting transcript / email thread]
in [format: 5 bullet points / 3 paragraphs / one sentence per topic].

Focus on: [decisions made / action items / key insights / open questions]

The audience for this summary is: [who will read it — executive, team,
client, etc.]

[Paste your content here]


**When to use:** after long meetings, before sharing notes with someone 
who wasn't there, when you need to extract key points from a lengthy report.

I need [number] ideas for [topic / challenge / goal].

Context: [Who is this for? What constraints apply? What's already
been tried?]

Format: [list of titles only / list with one-sentence descriptions /
ranked by feasibility]

Push for variety — I want at least one conventional idea, one creative
idea, and one unexpected idea.

After the AI gives its list, you can follow up with: **"Expand on idea 
#3"** or **"Give me 5 more, but more unconventional"**.

## Template 4 — Reviewing and Improving Writing


Review the following text and suggest improvements for [clarity / tone /
conciseness / grammar / all of the above].

Context: this is a [what it is — email / report section / job posting /
proposal] for [audience].

Return the improved version with a brief note explaining the main
changes you made.

[Paste your text here]


**Tip:** if you don't want the AI to rewrite everything, add: 
*"Make minimal changes — preserve the original structure and voice 
as much as possible."*

## Practice: Adapt a Template to a Real Task

Pick one of the four templates above and apply it to something 
you actually need to do this week:

1. Fill in the brackets with your real details
2. Send it to any of the AI tools from Section 1
3. If the first result isn't quite right — use what you learned 
   in Chapter 2.4 to iterate

There's no perfect output to aim for. The goal is to get comfortable 
with the process of prompting → reviewing → refining.

Which prompt template from this chapter is best for following up with a client who has not responded to your proposal?

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Ready-to-Use Prompts for Common Work Tasks

Template 1 — Writing a Professional Email

Template 2 — Summarizing a Document or Meeting

Template 3 — Brainstorming Ideas

Template 4 — Reviewing and Improving Writing

Practice: Adapt a Template to a Real Task