Intellectual Frontiers

Starter Prompts

Nine prompts to copy, edit, and paste

Square brackets mark what you replace. Each prompt tells the assistant not to invent facts, approvals, or results. Use them in order, or choose the one you need.

Starter Prompt 1: Start from a vague idea

Unresolved directive in <stdin> - include::../kit/prompts/01-start-from-a-vague-idea.txt[]

Starter Prompt 2: Turn the answers into specification artifacts

Unresolved directive in <stdin> - include::../kit/prompts/02-turn-answers-into-spec-kit-artifacts.txt[]

Starter Prompt 3: Create the ontology for me

Unresolved directive in <stdin> - include::../kit/prompts/03-create-the-ontology-for-me.txt[]

Starter Prompt 4: Challenge the whole package

Unresolved directive in <stdin> - include::../kit/prompts/04-challenge-the-whole-package.txt[]

Starter Prompt 5: Decide whether to build, buy, extend, integrate, change, or wait

Unresolved directive in <stdin> - include::../kit/prompts/05-decide-whether-to-build-buy-or-change.txt[]

Starter Prompt 6: Ask a vendor or builder for an evidence-backed answer

Unresolved directive in <stdin> - include::../kit/prompts/06-ask-a-vendor-or-builder-for-evidence.txt[]

Starter Prompt 7: Update the package after a change

Unresolved directive in <stdin> - include::../kit/prompts/07-update-the-package-after-a-change.txt[]

Starter Prompt 8: Set up a maintenance harness

Unresolved directive in <stdin> - include::../kit/prompts/08-set-up-a-maintenance-harness.txt[]

Plain-language prompt: Explain it as if I were the business owner

Unresolved directive in <stdin> - include::../kit/prompts/00-rescue-explain-it-to-the-business-owner.txt[]