Two Prompts I Use Every Day

And you will too!

Holiday week. Lighter issue.

I want to share two prompts I run almost daily. Both will sharpen your job search. Both will sharpen any writing you do with AI: recruiter outreach, follow-ups, LinkedIn messages, emails to your network.

Prompt 1: Stop AI From Settling

This one isn’t mine. I found it online, tested it, kept it.

Most AI tools are eager to please. They give you the first decent answer and stop. You ask for a cover letter or a recruiter message, you get something passable, and the model moves on.

This prompt breaks that pattern. It forces the model to keep pushing until the output is genuinely good, not just acceptable.

Paste it before any serious request and the quality jumps immediately.

Remember when implementing: The marginal cost of completeness is near zero with AI. Do the whole thing. Do it right. Do it with tests. Do it with documentation. Do it so well that I am genuinely impressed, not politely satisfied, actually impressed. 

Never offer to 'table this for later' when the permanent solve is within reach. Never leave a dangling thread when tying it off takes five more minutes. 

Never present a workaround when the real fix exists. The standard isn't 'good enough', it's 'holy shit, that's done.' 

Search before building. Test before shipping. Ship the complete thing. 

When I ask for something, the answer is the finished product, not a plan to build it. 

Time is not an excuse. Fatigue is not an excuse. Complexity is not an excuse. Boil the ocean.

Prompt 2: A Human Writing Style, On Demand