💯 100 Claude prompts: the cheat sheet

One hundred prompts, ten per field, each one line and ready to paste. Add your specifics in the [brackets], and pair any of them with the master template when the job is big. Save this page — it's a reference, not a read-through.

Marketing

1. Write 5 headline options for [offer] — under 10 words, specific beats clever.
2. Turn this customer review into 3 social posts: [paste review].
3. Build a one-week launch plan for [promotion] with daily actions.
4. What are the 10 questions customers ask before buying [service]? Answer each in 2 sentences.
5. Rewrite this flyer copy for someone skimming in 5 seconds: [paste].
6. Give me 10 local partnership ideas for a [business] in a town of [size].
7. Draft a win-back message for customers gone 6+ months — no desperation.
8. Turn my price objection ("too expensive") into 3 honest responses.
9. Audit this ad copy like a skeptical customer: [paste].
10. Build a referral program a [business] can run with zero software.

Sales

1. Draft a follow-up for a quote sent 5 days ago, no reply — friendly, one question.
2. Role-play a price-sensitive customer; let me practice the conversation.
3. Turn these rough call notes into a proposal outline: [paste].
4. Write 3 openers for a cold call to [type of business] that don't sound like a cold call.
5. What buying signals should I listen for when a customer says [common phrase]?
6. Build a simple lead-scoring rubric for my pipeline: [describe leads].
7. Draft the "we're not the cheapest, here's why" talk track for [service].
8. Turn this lost-deal story into 3 lessons: [describe].
9. Write a 30-second elevator pitch for [business], then a 10-second version.
10. Prep me for a negotiation where the other side will push on [issue].

Operations

1. Turn this messy process description into a numbered SOP: [describe].
2. Find the bottleneck: here's how a job flows through my shop: [describe].
3. Build a new-employee first-week checklist for [role].
4. Draft a simple equipment maintenance schedule for: [list].
5. What should a closing-time checklist include for a [business]?
6. Turn these recurring mistakes into a prevention checklist: [list].
7. Write the vendor email asking for better terms — firm, not hostile.
8. Design a job intake form that captures everything so we stop calling customers back twice.
9. Map what breaks if [key person] is out for two weeks. Then the backup plan.
10. Triage my to-do list into do/delegate/drop: [paste list].

Finance

1. Explain my numbers like I'm smart but not an accountant: [paste].
2. Build a simple job-costing template for [type of work].
3. What questions should I ask before buying [equipment] vs. renting?
4. Model this hire: [wage] vs. the revenue they'd need to generate.
5. Find expenses worth questioning in this list: [paste].
6. Draft a late-payment policy that's firm but keeps customers.
7. Compare these two supplier quotes beyond price: [paste both].
8. Build a 3-month cash-flow view from: [paste ins/outs].
9. What's my real hourly cost with overhead? Here are my numbers: [paste].
10. Pressure-test this price increase: [current → proposed, customer type].

Writing & communication

1. Make this email half as long, twice as clear: [paste].
2. Rewrite this in my voice — here are two samples of how I write: [paste].
3. Draft the awkward message: [situation]. Kind, direct, no essay.
4. Turn these bullet points into a customer announcement: [paste].
5. Proofread and fix, but list what you changed: [paste].
6. Write the same update 3 ways: for my crew, my customers, my banker.
7. De-jargon this for a normal human: [paste].
8. Give me 5 subject lines this email deserves: [paste].
9. Reply to this complaint — own what's fair, correct what's not: [paste].
10. Turn this rant into the professional version that says the same thing: [paste].

Hiring & managing

1. Write a job post for [role] that sounds like us, not HR: [details].
2. Give me 8 interview questions that reveal how someone actually works.
3. Draft a fair warning conversation for [performance issue] — script it.
4. Build a 30/60/90 plan for a new [role].
5. Turn this feedback into something constructive I can actually say: [paste].
6. What would make a good [role] take THIS job over a bigger company's offer?
7. Design a simple weekly crew meeting agenda — 15 minutes max.
8. Help me delegate [task] — write the handoff instructions.
9. Draft review questions that get honest answers, not "everything's fine."
10. My best employee seems checked out. Give me the conversation opener.

Customer service

1. Write response templates for my 5 most common complaints: [list].
2. This customer is wrong but valuable. Draft the reply: [situation].
3. Turn this angry voicemail into what they actually need: [describe].
4. Build a "how we make it right" policy I can put in writing.
5. Draft the message that says no to a refund without losing the customer: [situation].
6. What do the best local businesses do after the sale? Give me a follow-up rhythm.
7. Script the "your project is delayed" call — honest, calm, with options.
8. Turn these 20 reviews into the 3 things we should fix first: [paste].
9. Write a thank-you note that doesn't read like a template.
10. Design a 3-question feedback survey people will actually finish.

Planning & strategy

1. Interview me to build a one-page plan for next quarter.
2. My revenue is [X], goal is [Y]. Map 3 realistic paths and their tradeoffs.
3. SWOT my business, but push back on my rosy answers: [describe].
4. What would a smart competitor do to beat me? Here's my setup: [describe].
5. Help me decide: [option A] vs [option B] — argue both, then the 3 deciding questions.
6. Pre-mortem this plan: assume it failed in a year — what went wrong? [paste plan].
7. Which of these 6 ideas should I kill? Be ruthless: [list].
8. Break this someday-goal into this-month actions: [goal].
9. What am I not seeing? Here's my thinking on [situation]: [paste].
10. Build my "stop doing" list from how I spent last week: [describe].

Learning & skills

1. Teach me [topic] in 20 minutes a day for a week — build the plan.
2. Explain [concept] three ways: simple, practical, technical.
3. Quiz me on [topic] until I stop getting things wrong.
4. What are the 20% of [skill] basics that cover 80% of real use?
5. I learn by doing. Design 5 exercises for [skill].
6. Summarize this article and tell me what it conveniently leaves out: [paste].
7. What questions should a beginner in [field] be embarrassed to ask? Answer them.
8. Turn this YouTube transcript into study notes: [paste].
9. Compare [tool A] vs [tool B] for someone who just needs to pick.
10. What's changed in [field] in the last two years that old advice gets wrong? Search if you can.

Personal productivity

1. Plan my week from this brain dump — and tell me what to drop: [paste].
2. Break this dreaded task into steps so small I can't procrastinate: [task].
3. Design my ideal workday template around [constraints].
4. Turn my meeting notes into actions with owners: [paste].
5. I keep saying yes to everything. Script 3 polite no's for [situations].
6. Batch these errands/tasks into the fewest possible blocks: [list].
7. Build a Friday shutdown ritual: 10 minutes, clears my head for the weekend.
8. What's eating my time? Here's yesterday hour by hour: [describe].
9. Draft tomorrow's top 3 from everything on my plate: [paste].
10. Design a morning routine for someone who is not a morning person.