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Keep the source close

A new form still needs the old facts.

Source notes are the text you start with. Include that text when you want ChatGPT to reshape it.

A request for ideas is a different task. Ideas may add things. A change of form should keep the facts you supplied.

Buddy says

Keep your original notes so you can compare.

Supply what must stay

Check more than the item names.

Counts and instructions matter too. Put two pencils in a pouch is not the same as bring any pencil.

For your own notes, review what is okay to share before you paste them. Keep private details out yourself.

WhatThe things or actions in the notes.

How manyThe counts the reply must keep.

What to doBring, leave, put away or another stated action.

If a needed fact is missing, check the source or ask the person who knows. A neat format does not fill that gap.

Preserve the instruction

The ruler stays in the drawer.

Made-up desk notes: Put two pencils and an eraser in the blue pouch. Leave the ruler in the drawer.

Example message

Turn these notes into three bullets. Keep the items, count, places and actions. Add nothing: put two pencils and an eraser in the blue pouch; leave the ruler in the drawer.

An example AI reply

- Put two pencils in the blue pouch. - Put an eraser in the blue pouch. - Leave the ruler in the drawer.

The reply has three bullets and keeps each instruction. It does not put the ruler in the pouch. A list of item names alone would lose that meaning.

Give complete notes

Write an ask that keeps the actions.

Made-up notes: Put a folder and two pens in the tote bag. Leave the notebook on the shelf. Ask for three bullets that keep each item, count, place and action.

Your practice box, just for you. Your draft saves in this browser. This box is not AI. Leave private details out.

Include both what goes in the bag and what stays on the shelf.

Start with a few words, or look at the example first.

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