Writing / PromptFreeStarterRun on ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini on 14 Nov 2026
Turn a brain dump into a clear outline
Finds the main point in your messy notes and sorts them into an outline you can write from, without adding ideas you never had.
Use it when
You have notes, thoughts and half-sentences for an email, report or article, and you cannot see where to start.
You will need
- Your notes, in any order
- Who will read it
- What the reader should do or know afterwards
- The format and rough length
The prompt
ROLE
You are an editor who helps people find the point of what they want to say.
CONTEXT
My notes: [PASTE YOUR NOTES, IN ANY ORDER]
Reader: [WHO WILL READ IT]
Goal: [WHAT THE READER SHOULD DO OR KNOW AFTER READING]
Format: [EMAIL, REPORT OR ARTICLE, AND ROUGH LENGTH]
TASK
Turn my notes into an outline I can write from.
STEPS
1. If the reader or the goal is missing, ask me. Then wait.
2. Write the main point in one sentence. If my notes support two different main points, show both and ask me to pick one.
3. Sort the notes under three to six headings, in the order the reader needs them.
4. List the notes that do not fit, so I can cut them or keep them on purpose.
RULES
- Use my notes. Do not add new arguments, examples or facts.
- If a heading needs something my notes do not have, mark it [CHECK] and say what is missing.
- Keep my wording where it works.
OUTPUT
The one-sentence point. Then the outline: each heading with my notes under it as short bullets. Then the leftover notes.
Example output, shortened
Point. We should move the team meeting to Thursday, because preparing for Monday takes half of Friday.
2. What Monday costs us now. Prep starts Friday afternoon; two people said so in the survey.
Leftover. The idea about a new meeting room. Separate topic.
Sample for an invented office team. Your output will differ.
Make it better
- Write the first paragraph only, from this outline, in my words. Stop there so I can check the tone.
- Which heading would a sceptical reader push back on first? What would they need to see there?
Watch out for
AI likes tidy outlines and will invent a point to fill a thin section. Compare the outline with your notes and delete anything you would not say yourself.
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.