Practical AI guides for work and study

Write your request in four parts: goal, material, output and limits. Practise with fictional team notes, edit the result and copy a request you can check.

Practise cleaning fictional project notes. Remove unnecessary personal details, keep source labels, numbers, approvals and sample limits, then check your edit before copying.

Find the official app, check the store listing and permissions, then try a small example. A payment prompt or crash alone does not prove an app is fake.

Find three errors in a fictional draft and fix them using the numbered sources. Then decide whether to use it, seek more evidence or leave it aside. Smooth writing can still be wrong.

Name the task and the limit you hit. Check whether it is about usage, files, team rules, access or accuracy, then write down your next action. Separate notes cover network and payment options for users in China.

Choose a task you can check yourself: a weekly update, short document or reading passage. Prepare a small example and follow the steps.

Use Claude to draft a checklist that compares an earlier labelled list with a later version. Keep exact source text, classify unique labels, and send malformed or conflicting entries to human review.

Use Claude to turn a permitted, redacted handover-status board image into a source-linked table, keep unknown fields visible and make a next-action list that excludes Done rows.

Manually record the duration, visible facts and audio status of a video you may describe, give only those notes to Claude, and check its one-sentence draft against the video.

Write a short book-swap jingle, make a draft in Suno, compare the lyrics with what you hear, and keep a clear review record.

Use Devin Local in Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) to propose a plan, then check it against a fictional CSV export request before any implementation.

Turn the fictional launch plan into a before, during and after checklist. Keep unconfirmed owners and dates open for the team to agree.

Turn a topic into an outline, then check whether each section answers a reader’s question. Practise with a fictional example first.

Build a short company brief from the fictional public-source pack. Separate known facts, questions to check and a possible next step.

Turn the fictional change notes into a short notice: what changes, when, who is affected and what to do. Check every date and promise before sharing.

Use the fictional role brief to separate real responsibilities, must-have skills and optional experience. Remove requirements the team never agreed to.

Use fictional customer concerns to draft replies supported by the supplied facts. Leave promises you cannot support out of the reply.

Paste a fictional or approved-to-share policy excerpt and one question into an approved assistant. Review the answer as a four-part ladder: scope, exception, missing evidence and stop condition. Compare every quote with the source; unresolved cases go to the named policy owner.

Turn one reporting period of work notes into four clear sections while pending approvals, blockers, conflicting updates and unknown details stay visible. Draft it yourself or use an assistant you are allowed to use, then verify every claim.

Put each claim beside its source. Fix an overstated percentage and copied wording, then check what still needs a citation.

Label the sentences in a short passage, ask for a plain explanation and answer a question using the passage itself.

Revise a short fictional paragraph without changing its meaning. Explain one useful correction, then try that pattern in a new sentence.

Fit a syllabus into your available weeks and study hours. Use the fictional example to check for missing topics and overloaded weeks.

Use the fictional family example to agree what children may do alone, what needs an adult and how to ask for help.

Use a fictional AI reply to check whether it explains the idea or gives away the answer. Prepare a question that lets the child explain their reasoning.

Use the fictional research excerpt to list the sample, method, findings and limits, with a source label beside each point.