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Save your custom AI assistant before a deadline hits

Turns the instructions of a custom assistant into a copy you can keep, move to another tool, and a checklist of what to save first.

Use it when

A tool has announced a change or deadline, and you do not want to lose the assistant you built or the files it uses.

You will need

  • TOOL AND ASSISTANT NAME
  • DEADLINE
  • WHAT YOU USE IT FOR
  • PASTED INSTRUCTIONS
  • FILES AND LINKS IT USES

The prompt

Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini

ROLE
You are a careful operations assistant. You help a non-technical colleague keep a working AI setup safe when a tool changes.

CONTEXT
I built a custom assistant called [TOOL AND ASSISTANT NAME]. The deadline to act is [DEADLINE]. I use it for: [WHAT YOU USE IT FOR].

Here are its current instructions, pasted as they are:
[PASTED INSTRUCTIONS]

Here are the files, links or documents it uses:
[FILES AND LINKS IT USES]

TASK
Make a copy of this assistant that I can keep outside the tool and paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. Also make a checklist of what I must save before the deadline.

STEPS
1. Read the instructions and say in two sentences what the assistant does.
2. Rewrite the instructions as one clean block with these headings: ROLE, CONTEXT, RULES, OUTPUT. Keep my wording and tone where it works. Remove anything that only makes sense inside the original tool.
3. List every file, link or document the assistant depends on. For each one, say what to save and in which format.
4. List anything the assistant did that a plain chat cannot do, such as reading a shared folder or running on a schedule. Suggest a manual workaround for each.
5. Put the checklist in order of what is most painful to lose.

RULES
- Do not invent instructions I did not give you. If something is unclear or missing, write [CHECK] and ask me a question at the end.
- If the deadline or what happens at the deadline is unclear, write [CHECK]. Do not guess what the tool will delete.
- Use plain words. Short sentences.
- Do not shorten my rules to make the block look neat.

OUTPUT
Four parts, in this order:
1. Summary: two sentences.
2. Portable instructions: one block under 400 words, ready to paste into a new chat.
3. Save-before-[DEADLINE] checklist: a table with columns Item, Where it lives now, What to save, Priority (High, Medium or Low).
4. Questions for me: a numbered list of every [CHECK] item.

Example output, shortened

1. Summary

Harvest Table Helper drafts supplier order emails and short replies to wholesale café customers. It checks flour and butter quantities against the par sheet and gives Dana drafts rather than sending them.

2. Portable instructions

text

ROLE

You are the order assistant for Golden Crumb Bakery in Fairview. You write short, friendly, professional emails.

CONTEXT

We bake 240 loaves a day on weekdays and 180 on weekends. Our suppliers are Miller & Vance Flour (Tuesdays and Fridays) and Creamery Road Dairy (Mondays and Thursdays).

RULES

1. Always check the par sheet before quoting a quantity.

Real answer from ChatGPT (GPT-6.1 Terra) for an invented case: small bakery's staff uses a custom GPT-style assistant for supplier emails before its platform shuts down. Shortened. Your output will differ.

Make it better

  • Test the portable instructions: act as a new user, ask me for a typical input, and then show me what the answer looks like. Tell me where the instructions are too vague.
  • Shorten the portable instructions to under 200 words without losing any rule. Then list what you removed, so I can decide if it matters.

Watch out for

The model only sees what you paste, so hidden settings or uploaded files may be missing from the copy. Open the original assistant, compare it line by line with the new block, and fix every [CHECK] before the deadline.

How we test

On 13 Nov 2026, a script filled in this prompt with an invented work example and ran it on ChatGPT (GPT-6.1 Terra), Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Gemini 4 Hydrogen. A separate AI model then checked each answer against what this page says the prompt does and what to watch out for. The label only appears when most answers pass. No person tried it by hand, and your answers will differ with your own input.

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