How To Use AI

Better prompts = better answers. Here's a 4-part template that instantly makes your AI answers sharper, more useful, and more you.

Why most people get mediocre AI answers

They type something like: "help me with my emails". AI does its best — but that's like asking a friend "help me with life." Too vague to be useful.

The 4-part prompt formula

Give the AI these four things and watch the quality jump:

Role — who should it act as? ("You're a friendly copywriter…")
Task — what exactly do you want? ("Rewrite this email so it's shorter and warmer…")
Context — what does it need to know? ("It's going to a client I've worked with for years.")
Format — how should the answer look? ("Give me two versions, max 4 sentences each.")

Before and after

Vague: "help me with my emails"

Using the formula: "You're a friendly copywriter. Rewrite the email below so it's shorter and warmer. It's going to a long-term client. Give me two versions, max 4 sentences each. "

Same person. Same AI. Completely different result.

Three tiny habits that raise your game

Talk to it like a person. Full sentences beat keyword searches.
Ask it to ask you questions first. "Before you answer, ask me 3 things you'd need to know." Magic.
Don't stop at answer #1. Follow up with "make it shorter", "more casual", "add a joke". It gets better every turn.

Try it now

"I want to get better at writing prompts. Give me a simple 4-part template and then rewrite this vague prompt using it: 'help me with my emails'."

You just learned the single skill that separates people who "tried AI once" from people who use it. Next up: which tools are actually worth your time.