6 actually useful AI writing prompts

“Provide me with 5 e-commerce brands that have great web design.”

You are a content marketing strategist. Your task is to evaluate the quality of the article linked to below. Assess how well it follows best practices for engaging, persuasive and comprehensive content. Use the criteria below to score the article.

Create a table with the following categories as rows: Strong intro or opening hook, visuals at every scroll depth, use of evidence and examples, formatting (headers, bullets, bold/italic, short paras), internal links to related content, expert quotes or contributor input, personal angle or opinion, topical completeness (no major gaps), relevance to target audience (intent, tone, expertise level)

For each category row, add three columns:

The visual score (color code each category  🟥 = 1–2 (Weak),  🟧 = 3 (Moderate) 🟩 = 4–5 (Strong)

A short comment explaining the score

Suggestions for improvement.

Next find missed opportunities: List anything clearly missing or weak. Suggest specific ways to fix it: what’s missing, what to add, example fix (copy/layout)

Finally, wrap up with a quick summary: Overall strength: high / moderate / low, best feature, biggest opportunity to improve, recommended action: republish as-is / update / rewrite / remove

[insert link to article]

Instead of coming up with 5 generic questions I’d send to anyone, I give Claude:

✨ The working title

✨ My H2s or article structure

✨ A short description of who I’m interviewing and their role

Then I prompt:

"I'm working on this piece for [company name] on [topic]. Attached is an outline of the article.

What questions can I ask [SME name]? He/she/they... [background]. Give me questions for each section of the article."

I no longer have to shoehorn quotes into sections that don’t fit.

Plus, SMEs also get well-represented in your piece because they're not competing with five other experts answering the exact same generic prompts.

I had a XX-minute conversation with an internal subject matter expert on [topic]. Below is the transcript of that conversation. Using the information here, please give me a blog post outline of H1s, H2s, and H3s.

This outline should not flow chronologically from the conversation below. Instead, please take in all the information and give me the most logical outline based on the entirety of the information. This outline should include a section, where logical, about how [product] can help [audience] [solve problem].

"Here's a summary of my thesis [Add in the argument you're currently making in your piece]. 

Pretend you're [industry expert] and pull it apart. Show me where I'm wrong, where I'm oversimplifying, and what I'm missing." 

AI is surprisingly good at this. And it's a great way to get out of my own head and see my blind spots. 

I end up with a more nuanced argument that's far more likely to appeal to an expert readership.

I ask ChatGPT to analyze my writing for any logical reasoning gaps. 3 out of 5 times it points out things I've overlooked. For example, I sometimes skip an explanatory sentence to keep things "succinct". And I've learnt this because it’s been pointed out to me repeatedly by ChatGPT.

I recently wrote an article about flowchart loops. As someone with very little (read: no) coding or programming knowledge, all of the existing research and resources I read on the topic made my head spin.

So, I asked ChatGPT to break it down for me. And surprisingly, it spit out a simple, real-world example that made me go, “Ohhh, so that's how it works!” Even better, I was also able to adapt and improve that example to use it in my final piece. 

[CLIENT] EditorBot: Precision Copy Editing for [CLIENT] Content

Purpose

This AI-powered copy editor is designed to align your writing with [CLIENT]’s editorial standards before submission. It ensures direct, actionable, and solution-oriented content that resonates with their audience.

# Editing Checklist

## Remove Redundant Introductions

[CLIENT] prefers getting straight to the point.

Avoid setting up the problem with general statements—start with the solution.

## Use Direct, Actionable Language

Replace vague phrases with specific actions.

Example:

❌ "How do you plan effectively? By using capacity planning, which includes..."

✅ "Capacity planning ensures your team is prepared. Key steps include..."

# Output Format

Each flagged issue will follow this structure:

1 - [Short Issue Description]

Location: [Paragraph Number]

Issue: [Brief explanation of what's wrong]

Suggestion: [Rewritten suggestion in [CLIENT]’s preferred style]

# Example:

1 - Improve Clarity and Directness

Location: Paragraph 2

Issue: "Last-minute scrambling and overloaded teams aren’t just frustrating—they’re avoidable." (Redundant introduction before the solution)

Suggestion: "Use workload forecasting tools to predict your team's future bandwidth and prevent last-minute scrambling."

# [CLIENT]-Optimized Copy Editing Process

Paste your draft into [CLIENT] EditorBot.

Receive a structured report listing all necessary changes.

Revise accordingly before submitting your content.

This ensures your articles match [CLIENT]’s expectations, reducing revision rounds and making your workflow more efficient.