Prompt Library

I want to automate a recurring task I do every week. Here is what it involves:

Task: [describe the task in plain language]
Frequency: [how often you do it - daily / weekly / monthly]
Input: [what you start with - files, emails, notes, data, etc.]
Output: [what you produce - a report, a summary, an email, a spreadsheet, etc.]
Time it takes today: [your honest estimate]

Please map this as a workflow. Show me:
1. The trigger - what starts the process
2. The steps in sequence
3. Where AI does the work and where a human is needed
4. The final output and where it goes

Then visualize it as a simple flow diagram I can refer back to.
Ask me any clarifying questions before you start.

I have connected a folder that contains files for a workflow I want to automate. The workflow is: [one sentence description].

Please look at what is in this folder and tell me:
1. What information you can see and work with
2. What is missing that you would need to run this workflow reliably
3. Whether the files are named and organized in a way that makes them easy to process
4. How I should organize or rename things to make this work better

Be specific. If something is missing, tell me exactly what to create or add.

Based on the workflow we just mapped, please write the Project Instructions for this Cowork session.

The instructions should tell Claude exactly:
- What this workflow does and what it is for
- What files or inputs to expect in this folder
- What steps to follow each time I ask you to run the workflow
- What the output should look like and where to save it
- Any quality checks to run before delivering the output

Write it clearly so that if I come back to this folder in three months, Claude can read the instructions and run the workflow correctly without any additional context from me.

I am about to run an AI workflow that automates a task I currently do manually. Help me set a clear ROI baseline before I run it.

Task: [describe it]
Current time per run: [your estimate in minutes]
Frequency: [how often per week or month]
Your hourly rate or cost: [use your salary, billing rate, or a round number]

Calculate:
1. Total hours per year spent on this task today
2. Annual cost of that time
3. What a 70% time reduction would be worth
4. What a 90% time reduction would be worth

Then give me one sentence I can use to explain this ROI to my manager.

Read all the files in this folder. Each file is a [type of document - e.g., meeting notes / project update / client report].

For each file, write:
- A one-sentence summary of the main point
- The key decisions or action items mentioned
- Any deadlines or dates referenced

Then write a single executive summary paragraph covering the most important themes across all documents.

Save the output as Weekly-Briefing-[today's date].md