write-a-promptlisted

# Write a Prompt Turn the user's intent and available context into one prompt they can paste into a new task. Do not execute the task described by that prompt. Treat OpenAI's [Prompting guide](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/prompting) as the source of truth. Read the current page when web access is available and current guidance matters. Do not block prompt writing when the page is unavailable; follow the principles below. ## Workflow 1. Determine the target surface. - Use Chat for questions, ideas, short drafts, and everyday decisions. - Use Work for multi-source, tool-using, multi-step, or larger deliverables. - Use Codex for codebases, code changes, debugging, tests, and developer tools. - Follow an explicitly named target. Otherwise infer it from the request without asking unless the choice materially changes the prompt. 2. Extract only context that can change the result. - Carry forward relevant requirements, decisions, examples, reproduction steps, file paths, constraints, and unresolved facts from the conversation. - Make the prompt self-contained when the target will not have access to this conversation. - Name useful files, images, connected sources, or tools and say what to take from each. - Omit irrelevant dialogue, obsolete directions, raw secrets, and unsupported assumptions. 3. Write from the result the user needs. Add only the useful parts: - Goal: state the outcome first. - Context: include information or sources that aff