These 10 ChatGPT prompts feel like having a personal researcher, strategist, and thinking partner.
I use them every day and they change how I work👇
1. Deep Research Snapshot
Turn ChatGPT into your on-demand analyst for complex topics.
“Act as a research assistant. Summarize the top 3 developments in {specific field, e.g. 'AI policy' or 'climate tech'} from the past 90 days. Include source citations, key players, and potential second-order effects for professionals in the space.”
2. Strategic Briefing (in Plain English)
Get up to speed without digging through whitepapers.
“Explain {advanced topic or trend} in plain terms for someone smart but non-technical. Use metaphors, give real-world use cases, and include 1 controversial take within the expert community.”
3. Industry Pulse Report
See what the smartest people in your space are tracking — today.
“Give me a real-time pulse check on {industry or niche}. Include trending technologies, notable events from the last 2 weeks, and 3 key shifts that could impact operators or investors.”
4. Skills Accelerator
Compress weeks of learning into one powerful prompt.
“Break down {complex skill or tool, e.g. ‘generative design in Figma’ or ‘prompt engineering’} into a 5-day crash course. Each day should have a goal, practice task, and 1-2 advanced tips for faster learning.”
5. Decision Clarity Framework
Make smarter calls faster.
“I’m deciding between {option A} and {option B}. Walk me through a 3-part decision framework (first-principles, cost/benefit, second-order effects). Include examples from people in similar situations.”
6. Intellectual Sparring Partner
Sharpen your thinking through productive disagreement.
“Play devil’s advocate on my belief: ‘{insert belief or strategy you hold}’. Challenge it using evidence, opposing views, and ethical considerations. Make me defend it or refine it.”
7. Narrative Builder for Presentations
Craft story-driven slides that land.
“Help me build a compelling narrative around {project, idea, or insight}. Use a 3-act structure: tension (problem), resolution (solution), and transformation (outcome). Include 3 slides worth of structure per section.”
8. Zero-to-One Ideation
Break creative inertia in one go.
“Give me 10 non-obvious content or product ideas in the {niche} space that combine current trends, underserved audiences, and emerging platforms. Rank them by uniqueness and execution difficulty.”
9. Strategic Planning Template
Think like a founder or operator not a task manager.
“Help me build a strategic plan for {goal}. Include: core objective, 3 key milestones, 5 leverage points, and potential risks. Format it as a one-page brief I can pitch or act on.”
10. Learning Integration Protocol
Turn insight into real-world action.
“I just learned about {topic}. Help me integrate it by outlining: (1) what it changes about my current approach, (2) 3 small actions I can take this week, (3) 1 reflective question to track long-term impact.”
Holy shit... Claude Opus 4.6 just made every other AI look outdated.
I tested it against GPT-5 and Gemini 2.5 Pro with the same critical prompts.
The results will blow your mind.
Here are 10 prompts to steal:
1. THE CAMPAIGN STRATEGIST
Opus 4.6's 200K context window means it remembers your entire brand voice across all campaigns.
Prompt:
"You are my senior marketing strategist with 10 years of experience in [your industry]. First, analyze my brand voice by reviewing these materials: [paste 3-5 previous posts, your about page, and any brand guidelines].
Then create a comprehensive 30-day content calendar that includes: daily post ideas with specific angles, optimal posting times based on my audience timezone [specify timezone], platform-specific adaptations (Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram), CTAs tailored to each post's goal, and content themes organized by week.
For the top 5 highest-potential posts, create A/B test variations testing different: hooks, CTAs, content formats (thread vs single post vs carousel), and emotional angles. Include your reasoning for why each variation might outperform.
Finally, identify 3 content gaps my competitors are filling that I'm currently missing."
Opus maintains perfect consistency across 200K tokens. Other models lose your voice after 3-4 posts.
2. THE SPY MACHINE
Opus 4.6 processes competitor data 3x faster than GPT-4 and catches patterns humans miss.
Prompt:
"Act as a competitive intelligence analyst. I need you to reverse-engineer my competitors' entire marketing strategy.
Analyze these 10 competitor assets: [paste competitor landing pages, ad copy, email sequences, social posts, or URLs].
For each competitor, extract and document: 1. Core value proposition and positioning angle 2. Specific CTAs used and where they're placed 3. Social proof tactics (testimonials, logos, stats, case studies) 4. Pricing psychology (anchoring, tiering, urgency tactics) 5. Content strategy patterns (topics, frequency, formats) 6. Unique differentiators they emphasize
Then give me:
- 5 strategies they're ALL using that I'm missing (ranked by potential revenue impact)
- 3 positioning gaps in the market none of them are addressing
- 2 specific weaknesses in their approach I can exploit
- 1 bold contrarian strategy that goes against what everyone's doing
Present findings in a strategic brief format with implementation difficulty and expected timeline for each tactic."
Opus reads entire competitor websites in one shot. No "context too long" errors.
I've watched hundreds of people use Perplexity completely wrong.
That's insane.
These 10 prompts replace 20 hours of desk research. Not by being faster, but by being narrower.
Each one answers the concrete business questions founders actually have: Who buys first, why now, what stops them, what incumbents ignore.
Here's what actually works:
1/ "Who are the first 100 customers for [product]? Give me specific personas, where they hang out online, what triggers their buying decision, and which pain point they'll pay to solve first."
2/ "Why would someone switch from [incumbent] to [new solution] right now? What changed in their world that makes timing matter?"
I recently tested Perplexity for a week and it's on a whole different level.
Here are 7 prompts that turn Perplexity into your AI research analyst:
1. Market Timing Intel
Prompt:
"Find every major announcement, funding round, and product launch in [industry] from the last 90 days. For each one, show me: the date it happened, the companies involved, the dollar amounts if applicable, and most importantly - what trend or shift this signals. Then connect the dots: what pattern emerges when you look at all of these together? What's about to happen in this market that most people aren't seeing yet?"
Perplexity pulls real-time data with sources. ChatGPT hallucinates dates and makes up funding rounds.
I used this to spot the AI coding tools wave 4 months early. Built a product that hit $40k MRR because I saw it coming.
2. Competitive Teardown
Prompt:
"Deep dive on [company name]. I need: their actual revenue model (not what they say publicly, what they actually charge), their customer acquisition strategy (which channels they're investing in based on job postings and ads), their product roadmap clues (based on recent hires, patents, and beta features), their weaknesses (negative reviews, customer complaints, what people say on Reddit), and their next move (based on their hiring, funding, and market position). Give me sources for everything."
ChatGPT gives you generic competitive analysis. Perplexity finds the actual Reddit threads where users complain, the actual job postings that reveal strategy, the actual data.
I've used this to reverse-engineer 30+ competitors. Know their playbook before they execute it.
"Analyze the last 3 earnings calls for [company ticker].
Don't summarize what they said - tell me what they're NOT saying.
Focus on:
1) Questions the CEO dodged or gave vague answers to, 2) Metrics they stopped reporting compared to previous quarters, 3) Language changes - where they went from confident to cautious or vice versa, 4) New talking points that appeared suddenly, 5) Guidance changes and the exact wording they used to frame it. Then connect this to their stock performance in the 2 weeks following each call.
What pattern emerges?"
Gemini can process multiple transcripts simultaneously and catch subtle language shifts. I caught a revenue recognition issue 3 weeks before the stock tanked because the CFO changed how he talked about "bookings." Made 34% shorting it.
2. Sector Rotation Signals
Prompt:
"I'm tracking [sector]. Build me a real-time dashboard view:
1) Which stocks in this sector hit 52-week highs this week vs last week, 2) Institutional buying patterns - which funds increased positions based on 13F filings, 3) Insider trading activity with specific executives and dates, 4) Analyst upgrades/downgrades with the reasoning they gave, 5) Options flow - unusual call or put activity that suggests big bets.
Synthesize this: is smart money rotating into or out of this sector right now? Give me the 3 strongest signals."
ChatGPT hallucinates SEC filings. Gemini pulls actual data. I've caught 4 sector rotations early using this. Got into cybersecurity stocks 6 weeks before they ripped because institutional money was quietly accumulating while everyone watched tech.
I switched from ChatGPT to Claude for content writing and my engagement shot up 340% across all platforms. 😳
The secret? These 10 prompts that make Claude write like an actual human.
Here's exactly what I use:
1. The Coffee Shop Test
Prompt:
"Write this like you're explaining it to a friend over coffee. No marketing speak. No corporate jargon. Just straight talk about [topic]. If it sounds like a LinkedIn post, rewrite it."
Claude actually gets this. ChatGPT still sounds like it's pitching a SaaS product.
2. Voice Finder
Prompt:
"Give me 5 different ways to say this same idea. Make each one sound like a different person wrote it - one cynical, one excited, one skeptical, one matter-of-fact, one surprised."
This is how I find MY voice. Pick the version that feels most natural, then Claude refines it.
CHATGPT JUST TURNED MARKET RESEARCH INTO A ONE PERSON SUPERPOWER
You are wasting weeks interviewing customers, stalking competitors, and digging through reports when ChatGPT can compress the entire process into minutes with 5 prompts that feel like you’re plugging into a McKinsey analyst on caffeine.
Here's how:
1/ THE MARKET MAP PROMPT
Everyone starts with “what’s the market size lol”
but winners map the entire battlefield first.
Prompt to steal:
“Give me a complete market map for [industry].
Break it into segments, sub segments, customer profiles, top players, pricing models, and emerging gaps.
Highlight where new entrants have the highest odds of success.”
This gives you clarity fast.
2/ THE COMPETITOR AUTOPSY PROMPT
Stop guessing what your competitors are doing.
Gemini can literally dissect them.
Prompt to steal:
“Analyze the top 5 competitors in [space].
Break down their features, pricing, positioning, value props, moat, weaknesses, customer complaints, and hidden advantages.
Summarize as if you’re preparing a strategy memo for a CEO.”