Four essential elements
Role, context, task, and output format, check every prompt before you run it.
Check your prompt for these
- Role, Who are you asking it to be?
- Context, What does it need to know?
- Task, What specifically should it do?
- Output format, What should the result look like?
Labeled example
Role: You are a sales strategist.
Context: I am preparing for a meeting with [client name] about [project].
Task: Draft three discovery questions that uncover budget and timeline.
Format: Numbered list, one sentence each.
Do this in Copilot
Audit a prompt you use often for role, context, task, and format, fix what is missing, then run it.
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