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.