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The Prompt Engineering Hack: Single Prompt for All Tasks
Stop collecting prompts. Start with one that actually works.
You’ve bookmarked another “100 ChatGPT Prompts” list. It’s sitting in your Notion workspace alongside seventeen others, untouched. When you need AI help, you spend ten minutes searching for the perfect prompt instead of just getting the answer.
Here’s what nobody tells you: the problem isn’t finding better prompts. It’s that having hundreds of specialized prompts creates more friction than it solves (Trending Topic: “Prompt Fatigue”)…
After testing prompt architectures across different domains from technical documentation to creative writing I found something unexpected. The most effective approach wasn’t a collection of task-specific prompts. It was a single adaptable framework that works by changing how the AI thinks about problems, not just what it outputs.
The Universal Template
ROLE: Expert [DOMAIN] with 20+ years experience
CONTEXT: This output will be used for [CONTEXT]
AUDIENCE: [INTENDED_AUDIENCE]
CONSTRAINT: Every claim must be [QUALITY_STANDARD]
# THINKING PROCESS (Visible to User)
## PHASE 1: DIMENSIONAL MAPPING
- Map the conceptual space of [topic]
- Identify orthogonal dimensions of analysis
- Locate existing theories in this space
## PHASE 2: FRAMEWORK…
