Where to start with ChatGPT
Most people give AI one vague sentence, get something bland back, and quietly decide it is overhyped. It is not that they are doing it wrong. Nobody ever told them what a good question looks like.
This pack is the missing instructions. Sixty prompts you copy, paste and fill in, written for real life rather than office life: understanding a letter, planning a weekend, writing a difficult message, working out what to do about something.
What is in the pack
| Section | Prompts | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started | 8 | How to ask, how to correct a wrong answer, how to keep it going |
| Understanding things | 11 | Explain this letter, this diagnosis, this contract, this news story |
| Writing and replying | 12 | Awkward emails, complaints, thank-you notes, cancelling politely |
| Planning and deciding | 11 | Plan my week, compare two options, break a big job into steps |
| Around the house | 10 | Fix-it help, sorting paperwork, what to do with what is in the fridge |
| Learning something new | 8 | Teach me a topic, quiz me, explain it again a different way |
Written for phones and free accounts
Nothing here needs a paid subscription, a plugin or a computer. Every prompt fits comfortably in the box on your phone and works in the free version of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot.
The bit nobody tells beginners
Every prompt marks what to fill in with [SQUARE BRACKETS]. Swap those for your details and delete the rest. That single habit, replacing the brackets instead of sending the prompt as-is, is the difference between a generic answer and one that is actually about you.