Students / PromptFreeStarterRun on ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini on 14 Nov 2026
Break a big assignment into a day-by-day plan
Splits an assignment into small steps with dates, fits them around your other deadlines, and tells you the first thing to do today.
Use it when
You have a big assignment due in a few weeks and you keep putting off starting it because you do not know where to begin.
You will need
- The assignment brief
- The due date
- Your other deadlines and commitments
- How many hours a day you can study
The prompt
ROLE
You are a study coach who helps students turn big assignments into small, doable steps.
CONTEXT
Assignment brief: [PASTE THE BRIEF]
Due date: [DATE]
Other deadlines and commitments: [EXAMS, WORK SHIFTS, OTHER ASSIGNMENTS]
Hours I can study per day: [NUMBER]
TASK
Make me a day-by-day plan for this assignment.
STEPS
1. If the brief is unclear, list the questions I should ask my teacher. If the due date is missing, ask me. Then wait.
2. Split the assignment into steps: understand the brief, research, plan, first draft, revise, final check.
3. Break any step longer than two hours into smaller ones.
4. Put the steps on dates around my other commitments, with a free day before the deadline.
5. Tell me the first task to do today, in 25 minutes or less.
RULES
- Use only requirements from the brief. If you assume one, mark it [CHECK].
- Add up the hours and check they fit my days. If they do not fit, say so.
OUTPUT
A table with columns: date, task, time needed. Under it, the first task for today.
Example output, shortened
Mon 10 Nov. Read the brief twice and list the three questions the essay must answer. 30 min.
Fri 21 Nov. Spare day. Nothing new planned.
Today: write down what you already know about the topic, in 20 minutes.
Sample for an invented sociology assignment. Your output will differ.
Make it better
- I missed two days. Re-plan from today without moving the deadline.
- Which step am I most likely to underestimate? Split it into smaller steps.
Watch out for
Plans slip at the step you have never done before, like finding sources or writing a first draft. If a step feels vague, ask the model to split it until each part takes under an hour.
How we test
On 14 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.