Learning prompts
118 prompts · A–Z
- 30-day competence planGet a focused 30-day plan to become functional.plan
- A learn-by-doing projectGet a project that teaches a skill through building it.plan
- A small daily practiceFind a tiny daily habit that builds a skill over time.plan
- Am I studying effectively?Check whether your study method actually works.analysis
- Apply it to a scenarioTest understanding against a realistic scenario.framework
- Apply it to my situationTransfer a general idea to your specific case.plan
- Arguments and evidenceExtract the claims and the support behind them.analysis
- Best method for this materialMatch a learning technique to what you're learning.analysis
- Breadth or depth first?Decide whether to go wide or deep when starting out.framework
- Break it into tiny piecesDecompose a hard concept into graspable steps.framework
- Break my plateauDiagnose a plateau and find the way through it.analysis
- Build a learning roadmapGet a sequenced roadmap from where you are to your goal.plan
- Build a memory palaceUse the method of loci for a list or sequence.framework
- Build something with thisTurn a concept you've learned into something you make.plan
- Catch my reasoning errorsHave your thinking checked for mistakes.analysis
- Chunk it to rememberGroup large material into memorable chunks.framework
- Coach me, tough but fairGet blunt, high-standards coaching feedback.analysis
- Combine two things I learnedMake something new by fusing two ideas.plan
- Common misconceptionsLearn the mistakes most people make about a topic.analysis
- Compare it to another viewSet a source against a different perspective.analysis
- Compare me to an expertSee where your approach differs from an expert's.analysis
- Connect it to what I knowAnchor a new concept to something you already understand.analysis
- Create a portfolio pieceBuild something worth showing from a skill.plan
- Define it and its oppositeSharpen a definition by contrasting it with what it's not.framework
- Design a capstone projectGet a single project that pulls a whole skill together.plan
- Design a drillGet a focused drill for one specific sub-skill.plan
- Design a review scheduleGet a spacing schedule so a topic sticks long-term.framework
- Design a self-testBuild a check that proves you're really learning.analysis
- Design a weekly study routineBuild a study routine that fits your real schedule.plan
- Edge cases and exceptionsStress-test your understanding with the exceptions.analysis
- Explain it a different wayGet a fresh explanation when the first didn't land.framework
- Explain it for my levelGet an explanation pitched exactly at where you are.framework
- Explain it simplyGet a concept explained from the ground up, simple first.framework
- Explain it three waysSame concept explained simply, technically, and visually.framework
- Explain the hardest partGet the most difficult passage explained simply.analysis
- Explain with an exampleSee an abstract idea made real with a specific example.framework
- Extract key termsPull and define the important terms from a source.analysis
- Find gaps in my explanationExplain a topic and have your blind spots flagged.framework
- Find where I'm confusedPinpoint exactly where your understanding breaks.framework
- From good to excellentFind what would lift your work to the next level.analysis
- Generate exercises to createGet production tasks, not just practice problems.plan
- Give me a problem to solveApply your knowledge to a problem, then get it checked.framework
- Give me a reading planGet an ordered plan for working through a book.analysis
- Give me a real-world projectApply a skill on a realistic project.plan
- Give me actionable feedbackGet specific, prioritised feedback on your work.analysis
- Give me an analogyUnderstand a concept through a vivid, accurate analogy.framework
- Give me practice problemsGet problems that ramp up in difficulty.plan
- Give me variationsDrill a concept with variations on one problem.copy
- Grade against expert standardsSee how your work measures up to expert level.analysis
- How do I learn best?Work out your effective patterns from experience.analysis
- How do these two relate?Map the relationship between two concepts.analysis
- How experts see it differentlyLearn what separates a beginner's view from an expert's.analysis
- I can follow but can't do itClose the gap between understanding and doing.framework
- I get A but not BBridge the gap between something you get and don't.framework
- Is now the right time?Judge whether to learn something now or wait.framework
- Is this worth learning?Assess whether a topic is worth your time for your goal.framework
- Make a mnemonicGet a memorable hook for something hard to remember.framework
- Make a one-page cheat sheetCondense a topic into a reviewable one-pager.framework
- Make a sharable referenceTurn your learning into a sharable cheat sheet or guide.plan
- Make a worked exampleGet a model example you can adapt and reuse.plan
- Make me a flashcard setTurn a topic into question-and-answer flashcards.framework
- Make me explain it backTest yourself with the Feynman technique and get graded.framework
- Make questions from this textGenerate comprehension questions from a source.analysis
- Mark me like an examinerAnswer an exam-style question and get examiner feedback.framework
- New material vs reviewBalance learning new things with reviewing old.analysis
- Overwhelmed — where to start?Get a single entry point into a daunting subject.framework
- Plan around my timeDesign a realistic plan for the time you actually have.plan
- Practice with live feedbackPractice a skill and get coached after every attempt.plan
- Pre-test me before I studyFind what you don't know before you start studying.framework
- Push me with why-questionsGet questioned until you reach the edge of what you know.framework
- Quiz me one question at a timeGet adaptively quizzed, one question at a time.framework
- Quiz my weak spotsGet tested only on what you're likely to have forgotten.framework
- Rate my understandingGet an honest read on your level in a topic.analysis
- Recall task for tomorrowGet a from-memory challenge to do later.framework
- Reflect on this weekReview your week's learning and set next steps.analysis
- Remember the differenceStop confusing two similar things for good.framework
- Role-play to practiceRehearse a skill through interactive role-play.plan
- Sequence these topicsPut a list of topics in the best learning order.plan
- Set a measurable goalTurn a vague learning aim into a measurable one.plan
- Should I learn X before Y?Settle whether one thing is a prerequisite for another.framework
- Simplest version, then buildStart from the most stripped-down version possible.framework
- Simulate the situationRehearse for a real situation through simulation.plan
- Stretch me just past my levelGet a challenge in your zone of proximal development.plan
- Summarize the key ideasPull the essential ideas out of a source to learn.analysis
- Target my weak spotGet deliberate practice aimed at your weakness.plan
- Teach it to someone elseBuild a lesson to teach what you learned (and expose gaps).plan
- Teach it, then test meGet taught a concept, then immediately tested on it.framework
- Test last week's learningCheck what survived from something you studied earlier.framework
- Test me with mixed questionsGet a set of questions at varied difficulty on a topic.framework
- The 20% that explains 80%Get the core of a topic that unlocks most of the rest.analysis
- The best way to learn thisGet the evidence-based approach for your kind of skill.analysis
- The minimum to do one thingFind the smallest learning needed for a specific task.plan
- The one thing to improveFind the single highest-leverage improvement.analysis
- Turn it into flashcardsConvert study material into spaced-repetition cards.framework
- Turn it into study notesConvert an article or chapter into clean study notes.analysis
- Turn my notes into outputSynthesize what you've learned into a finished artifact.plan
- Understand vs recognizeTell real understanding from false familiarity.analysis
- Walk me through the processGet a step-by-step walkthrough of how something works.framework
- What am I missing?Find the missing piece making a topic feel impossible.framework
- What are the prerequisites?Find what you need to know before starting a topic.plan
- What background do I need?Find the prerequisites for understanding a source.analysis
- What bad habit holds me back?Identify a recurring habit limiting your skill.analysis
- What problem does it solve?Understand why a concept exists by the problem it fixes.framework
- What should I be asking?Surface the questions a learner doesn't know to ask.analysis
- What should I learn next?Find the natural next concept once you've grasped one.analysis
- What study habits to drop?Cut the habits that only feel productive.analysis
- What to learn first?Get the right order to learn things for a goal.plan
- What would an expert choose?See which option an expert would pick and why.framework
- What's missing from this?Find what a source leaves out or glosses over.analysis
- What's the intuition?Get the underlying intuition, not just the definition.framework
- Which area to specialize in?Choose a sub-field to go deep in.framework
- Which resource should I use?Pick the best book, course, or resource to learn from.framework
- Which should I learn?Choose between two skills or technologies to learn.framework
- Why did it develop?Understand a concept through its history and origin.analysis
- Why does it work?Go beneath the rule to the mechanism that makes it work.analysis
- Why doesn't my intuition work?Find why a reasonable guess fails for a topic.framework
- Why isn't this sticking?Diagnose why material won't stay in your head.analysis
- Why this recurring mistake?Understand the root of a recurring error.framework