Apply ready-made prompt patterns to 10 common tasks
Adapt one pattern to your own starred task
Measure time saved with a before/after log
The menu
1 Meeting minutes from notes. 2 Professional replies to difficult messages. 3 Weekly report from bullet fragments. 4 Quotation/invoice draft. 5 Meeting agenda. 6 Study pack summary. 7 Job-tailored CV bullet. 8 Social post + caption variants. 9 Spreadsheet formula + explanation. 10 Translation check into your home language. Each has a prompt pattern in your PDF.
Adapt, don't copy
Replace the bracketed context with your real facts. The pattern is the skeleton; your context is the muscle. A copied prompt with foreign context produces foreign results.
Log the saving
Record minutes before (your usual time) and after (AI-assisted, including your checks). Even a 40% saving on three weekly tasks returns a full workday per month. Numbers make believers of managers.
Key terms
Prompt pattern
Reusable prompt skeleton with slots.
Before/after log
Timed evidence of efficiency gain.
Context slot
Bracketed placeholder for your real facts.
Efficiency gain
Time saved at equal or better quality.
🛠 Hands-on task: Automate one task, log it
Tools: Your chat assistant
Take your starred task from Lesson 1.
Apply/adapt the matching pattern; run it twice.
Log before/after minutes and quality note (1-5).
Key takeaways: Before you go, three takeaways from this lesson. One: Apply ready-made prompt patterns to 10 common tasks. Two: Adapt one pattern to your own starred task. Three: Measure time saved with a before/after log. And your hands-on task: automate one task, log it. Take your starred task from Lesson 1. When it is done, mark the lesson complete on your dashboard, keep the artifact for your portfolio, and step into the next lesson. I will see you there.
