Quick one today. A redditor in r/ChatGPTPromptGenius (u/Obsessivefrugality) compiled 70+ slash commands ChatGPT recognizes with zero setup. No plugin, no extension, no custom GPT. You type /steelman or /failuremap and the model just knows what you mean.
Seventy is too many. Nobody installs seventy of anything. So instead of dumping the list on you, I sorted the ones worth keeping into a tier list. Steal the top eight, skip the rest, move on with your day.
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Why a slash even fires
There is no native slash command system in ChatGPT. What there is, is pattern recognition. Stuff like /eli5 and /steelman showed up enough in the training data that the model reads them as instructions instead of typos.
So you are not pressing a button. You are sending a clean intent signal. /steelman is just a faster way to say "argue the strongest case against my position," and the model has seen it enough to nail it every time. The shorthand kills ambiguity, and killing ambiguity is most of what good prompting is. The flip side: anything too obscure, the model shrugs and guesses. The reliable ones map to obvious thinking jobs.
S tier: run these before you commit
The three I would tattoo on my hand. Use them before a real decision, not after you have already made it and want backup.
/steelman builds the strongest version of the argument against you. Stress-test your own conviction before you bet on it.
/sunkcost splits the real reasons to keep going (future value, clear path) from the emotional ones (six months in, feels like quitting). It will not decide for you. It shows you which kind of reasoning you are actually running.
/failuremap predicts how the thing breaks before you build it. More on this one at the bottom, it is the one to try tonight.
A tier: the mirror commands
The underrated set. These are less prompt trick, more "hold up a mirror you have been avoiding."
/driftcheck lines up what you are actually doing against the goals you said you had. Brutal in a weekly review, in the useful way.
/identitytrap catches you chasing a story about yourself instead of a result. Starting a second newsletter because you like seeing yourself as a media operator. Buying the course because you are "someone who invests in skills." One question: evidence, or self-image? Saves money.
/dopaminecheck asks whether you want the thing for meaning or just for the hit.
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B tier: get the thing started
The execution set. Less dramatic, but these are the ones that unstick a stalled afternoon.
/frictionaudit names what is making a task hard to start. Paste in the thing you have been dodging and it surfaces the real blocker: "unclear first step," "needs a decision you have not made," "depends on something you cannot access." That beats generic productivity advice because it aims at the snag, not your willpower.
/goodenough defines the minimum acceptable version, so you stop polishing a thing nobody asked you to polish. /antiproject flags ideas that should never become projects in the first place.
The bench, still worth a roster spot
You have probably typed these by instinct already, just without the slash: /eli5, /5whys, /redflags, /futureyou, /reframe. Keep them around for the everyday stuff. They are not the headliners, but they pull their weight.
Build your own loadout
Here is the move, and the guy who built the list said it himself: "some of them are more directed at my particular use cases, so your mileage may vary." A command library is a menu, not an upgrade. You order what you need.
So pick the three kinds of decisions where you reliably get stuck, then grab two commands for each. Overcommit to shiny new projects? /antiproject and /sunkcost. Can never explain a technical thing to a normal human? /eli5 and /reframe. Match the tool to your actual recurring problem, not to whatever sounds coolest on the list.
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Steal this one tonight
If you only take one, take this. Drop it on your next project plan:
/failuremap [describe your project or commitment]
ChatGPT hands you the failure modes that show up in practice, not the textbook ones. Run it before you sink real time or money. It will not stop every failure, it just makes them less of a surprise.
Watch the prediction that makes you flinch. If it says "you lose momentum three months in when results go quiet," and your gut wants to scroll past, that is the exact one to stop and plan for. The comfortable ones to dismiss are usually the ones that actually happen.
Worth ten minutes if you have a project you have been quietly worried about.
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Which one are you actually stealing?
