AI Tips

Practical AI tips, newest first. Links jump to the English section of each tip.

• Ask: what else can you help me with?
  getting-startedhabits
• The colleague test: would a coworker get it?
  promptingwriting
• Feed AI your own materials, not just a request
  promptingworkflow
• Soften an email's tone before sending
  writingwork
• Turn your fridge contents into a meal plan
  daily-lifeplanning
• Generate a quiz to test what you actually understood
  learningeducation
• Ask for sources, then verify them yourself
  verificationresearch
• For legal or medical topics, get questions to ask, not answers
  verificationdaily-life
• Strip sensitive details before pasting
  privacydaily-lifework
• Assign a critical persona to get critique, not compliments
  promptingfeedbackwork
• Plan first: spec, review, then execute
  workflowquality
• Have a second AI review the first one's work
  workflowqualityverification
• When fixes stop working, restart in a fresh chat
  workflowhabits
• Save a copy before letting AI change your work
  workflowsafety
• Make AI write its lessons somewhere it can read next time
  workflowhabits