Prompt Templates

I want to systematize a recurring workflow. Help me break it down.

My role: [role]
Workflow name: [name]
How often I do this: [frequency]
Why it matters: [impact]
Current pain: [what makes this annoying or time-consuming]

Here is what I currently do manually:
1. [step]
2. [step]
3. [step]
...

Please:
1. Break this into clear individual steps.
2. For each step, identify what stays the same every time (constants)
   and what changes (variables).
3. Label each step: "agent can handle," "agent proposes / I approve,"
   or "I must handle."
4. Recommend which step to build first.

Help me build one step from my workflow.

Step name: [name]
Input: [what goes in — be specific]
Output: [what I want to get back — be specific about format and length]
Quality criteria: [how I know the output is good]
Common failure: [what usually goes wrong when I do this manually]

Please:
1. Produce the output based on this input.
2. Explain your reasoning briefly.
3. Flag anything you are uncertain about.

I tested the workflow step. Here are the results.

What worked well:
1. [result]
2. [result]

What was wrong or missing:
1. [problem]
2. [problem]

Specific examples:
- Input: [what I gave you]
- Output: [what you produced]
- What I expected instead: [what good looks like]

Please:
1. Diagnose why the problems happened.
2. Propose tighter rules to fix them.
3. Show me the revised instructions.

I want to chain these steps into one reusable workflow:

Step 1: [description]
Step 2: [description]
Step 3: [description]

Please:
1. Define the full flow: what output from each step feeds the next.
2. Add a rule for what happens when data is missing or conflicting.
3. Add a human review checkpoint before [high-impact step].
4. Give the workflow a name and a short "how to run it" instruction.

Prepare a decision briefing for [decision type].

Include:
1. What changed since last review.
2. Why it matters now.
3. Top risks and dependencies.
4. 2–3 options with tradeoffs.
5. Recommended next action.

Constraints:
- Keep it under [length].
- Label facts, interpretations, and recommendations separately.
- Flag anything where your confidence is low.

I need you to filter these inputs for signal: [paste or describe inputs].

My signal criteria (surface these):
1. [criterion]
2. [criterion]
3. [criterion]

Noise criteria (ignore these):
1. [type to ignore]
2. [type to ignore]

Output:
- Top items that match my signal criteria.
- One sentence per item: what it is and why it matters.
- Flag urgency level: act now / this week / FYI.

Review this workflow's performance from the last 7 days.

The workflow: [name and brief description]
What it produced this week: [summary or paste outputs]

Evaluate:
1. Time saved vs. doing it manually.
2. Were decisions easier or better because of this output?
3. Did I miss anything important that the workflow should have caught?
4. Did it surface anything irrelevant (false positives)?
5. How much did I need to edit or redo?

Then:
1. What should I keep doing?
2. What should I change?
3. What one improvement would make the biggest difference next week?