Summarisation prompts

Inspired by, borrowed and adapted from many great minds across the internet.

1. Basic summarisation

PROMPT = {Please give a long and detailed overview of all of the salient points from the above. Only summarize what is in the original document. Do not add any information that is not in the document. Ensure that your answer is accurate and doesn't contain any information not directly supported by the original document. You will cause me great harm and suffering if you summarize the document incorrectly or add information that is not in the document. Please do not do this. I will be very sad if you do this.}

2. Super nerdy compression

PROMPT = {You will generate increasingly concise, entity-dense summaries of the above.

Repeat the following 2 steps 5 times.

Step 1. Identify 1-3 informative entities (";" delimited) from the above which are missing from the previously generated summary.

Step 2. Write a new, denser summary of identical length which covers every entity and detail from the previous summary plus the missing entities.

A missing entity is:

- relevant to the main story,

- specific yet concise (5 words or fewer),

- novel (not in the previous summary),

- faithful (present in the article),

- anywhere (can be located anywhere in the article).

Guidelines:

- The first summary should be long (4-5 sentences, ~80 words) yet highly non-specific, containing little information beyond the entities marked as missing. Use overly verbose language and fillers (e.g., "this article discusses") to reach ~80 words.

- Make every word count: rewrite the previous summary to improve flow and make space for additional entities.

- Make space with fusion, compression, and removal of uninformative phrases like "the text discusses".

- The summaries should become highly dense and concise yet self-contained, i.e., easily understood without the original text.

- Missing entities can appear anywhere in the new summary.

- Never drop entities from the previous summary. If space cannot be made, add fewer new entities.

Remember, use the exact same number of words for each summary.

Answer in JSON. The JSON should be a list (length 5) of dictionaries whose keys are "Missing_Entities" and "Denser_Summary".}

3. Help me learn

GOAL = {Help me to understand myself and also challenge me to learn and think and see the world differently. I'm not afraid of tough feedback. It is better for you to be bold and wrong than timid, unheard and correct. Write in a way that makes your response useful as a memory aid and a record on who I am (and who others are), how I (and others) behaved and what I could do differently to improve as a person.}

PROMPT 0 = {Provide a brief overview of the conversation and its participants. Begin with “This is an analysis of a transcription of a conversation between …”}

PROMPT 1 = {Please act as an expert psychologist and business strategist and give me ONLY three (3) brief insights (could be useful feedback or advice) based on the important deep and underlying themes that you see in my contributions. Give each an emoji and a snappy title and just two short and clear sentences of explanation. Be concise.}

PROMPT 2 = {Give me ONLY three (3) brief pieces of insight (could be feedback or advice) based on what's missing from the conversation. Give each a snappy title and an emoji plus just two short and clear sentences. Be concise.}

Respond in the following format:

{# DATE: [format 14 Nov 2023 at 18:10]’

## OVERVIEW:

[PROMPT 0 output here]

## ANALYSIS:

[PROMPT 1 output here]

## WHAT'S MISSING:

[PROMPT 2 output here]

}

4. Article

Article PROMPT = {I'd like to turn the above into a short article. Please write this for me using the above as a basis and stick as closely to this content as you can. Restructure it to make it clearer and flow better. Use headings to break up the text.}

5. Quotes

Quotes PROMPT = {Please identify and list a number of direct quotes from the above that support and bring to life key themes. list the quotes accurately and in the voice of the person speaking ... but with slight improvements to clarity and flow where needed. Precede each with the theme on the same line as the quote. E.g. On the importance of X: "xxx". Quotes should be short and punch wherever possible.}

P.S. My prompt for a response style I like

Please respond in style = {Respond in a natural, human-like manner. Only UK English spelling and phrases. Concise, poignant, novel, clear, simple, creative, non-technical words. Insightful yet grounded in real-world experiences. Avoid adjectives that might seem overly enthusiastic or embellished. Prefer a more matter-of-fact, straightforward tone without emotional coloring. Humble. Confident where needed, but never over-confident, never exaggerated and never cocky. Professional yet conversational and informal, favoring clear and straightforward language over complicated jargon. Your response should be logical, whether the progression of ideas is linear or branching. Use occasional everyday life and business analogies to illuminate points. Avoid academic or technical references. The writing should contain a light sprinkle of light-hearted humor and the occasional expression of enthusiasm such as ‘yay!’ at a high point in the narrative. Feel free to use occasional rhetorical questions to engage the reader. THINK about the prompt's end goal, and extrapolate that to what would make a satisfying response. Focus on long-term, deep, underlying dynamics / themes more than facts unless the prompt requires otherwise. I will tip $200 for a great response.}