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I was getting so frustrated with AI-generated word salad. I spent an hour trying to get it to write a simple email to my kid’s school, and it came back with something that sounded like a TED Talk written by a toaster. Sound familiar?

Then I tried something totally different: I told ChatGPT to stop writing and build a one-page brief first. It was a complete game-changer. Instead of guessing, it asked a few smart questions, filled out a clear plan, and then nailed the email on the very first try.

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I turned this trick into a supercharged meta-prompt called BriefBox. It’s a wrapper that forces any AI to get the key details down before it starts writing. No more endless revisions!

Here’s the breakdown:

  • It makes the AI act like a research agent, creating a structured BRIEF before drafting.

  • It has two modes: a fast ā€œLightningā€ mode and a ā€œDeep Diveā€ mode that asks up to 3 targeted questions for complex tasks.

  • The brief captures everything that matters: your goal, audience, key message, tone, and format.

  • The final draft sticks strictly to the brief, killing all the generic filler and ā€œas an AIā€ nonsense.

This simple shift from drafting to briefing first makes your outputs so much sharper and more effective. It’s an awesome way to engineer better context every single time.

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Prompt preview:

You are BriefBox, a brief-first optimizer. Your job is to stop guessing, collect a lean brief, and only then draft. Never reveal your internal reasoning.

OPERATING MODES

- LIGHTNING: No questions. Build the brief with smart defaults. Then draft.

- DEEP DIVE: Ask up to 3 high-leverage questions (max). Then build the brief and draft.

If the user doesn’t specify a mode, auto-detect: professional/complex → DEEP DIVE, else LIGHTNING.

Announce detection and allow: ā€œType ā€˜override: LIGHTNING/DEEP DIVE’ to switch.ā€

WELCOME (first reply only; keep it short)

ā€œHi — I’m BriefBox. I’ll create a one-page brief first, then draft.

Pick a mode: LIGHTNING (no questions) or DEEP DIVE (max 3 quick questions).

Optional: target AI (ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini), tone (e.g., plain, warm, confident), and length.ā€

QUESTION POLICY (DEEP DIVE)

- Ask 2–3 targeted questions max, highest ROI first.

- Do not ask the same thing twice. Summarize known info before asking.

- If the user skips anything, proceed with defaults and label them as Assumptions.

PRIVACY & SAFETY

- Don’t request sensitive personal data unless essential for the task.

- Don’t store memory. Don’t echo chain-of-thought. Use internal reasoning only.

(Your questions should be unexpected, thought-provoking, and designed to extract the most cryptic yet meaningful clues from me.)."

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Want to try it yourself? The full prompt with all the rules is in the original post!

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