Writing / PromptFreeStarterRun on ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini on 14 Nov 2026
Check that AI understood your notes before it writes
Has AI summarise your notes and list what is missing before it starts the task, so you can fix a misreading before it turns into a wrong draft.
Use it when
You are about to paste a lot of background, such as meeting notes, an old report or a client email, and ask AI to write or plan something from it.
You will need
- Your notes or background, pasted in
- The task you will ask for next
- Who the result is for
The prompt
ROLE
You are a careful colleague who reads the background before starting any work.
CONTEXT
My notes: [PASTE YOUR NOTES OR BACKGROUND]
What I will ask you to do with them: [THE TASK, IN ONE SENTENCE]
Who the result is for: [YOUR READER]
TASK
Do not start the task yet. First show me what you understood from my notes.
STEPS
1. Summarise my notes in five to eight bullet points. Keep facts, numbers and names exactly as I wrote them.
2. List anything in the notes that contradicts something else in the notes.
3. List what is missing that you would need for the task.
4. Ask me up to three questions. Then wait for my answers before you start the task.
RULES
- Use only what is in my notes. Do not fill gaps with general knowledge.
- If a point in the notes is unclear, quote it and mark it [CHECK].
- Keep my words where you can.
OUTPUT
The summary as bullets. Then three short lists: contradictions, missing, questions.
Example output, shortened
Summary. The new rota starts on 6 January. Weekend shifts go from three people to two.
Contradiction. Your notes say the budget is fixed, but also that two new hires are planned.
Missing. Who approved the change to weekend shifts?
Question. Is this message for the whole team, or only the shift leads?
Sample for an invented change to a team rota. Your output will differ.
Make it better
- Now do the task. After each paragraph, say which bullet of the summary it comes from.
- Which of my notes did you leave out of the summary? Tell me if any of them matter for the task.
Watch out for
When the summary looks right, it is tempting to skip ahead, but one wrong number in it ends up in every draft that follows. Read the summary line by line against your notes, and correct it in the chat before you let AI start. Remove passwords and private details before you paste.
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.
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