The prompt
Score 10 of 10, Excellent
Use it when You need a month of content mapped to your goals, channels and key dates.
- {{business}}
- {{audience}}
- {{month}}
- {{goals}}
- {{capacity}}
- {{themes}}
- {{key_dates}}
- {{existing_assets}}
Full prompt and why it works
Prompt
Background: Business and what we sell: {{business}} Audience: {{audience}} Month: {{month}} Goals for the month, most important first: {{goals}} Channels, and how many pieces we can realistically make each week: {{capacity}} Our content themes: {{themes}} Key dates this month (launches, events, promotions, deadlines, holidays that matter to us): """ {{key_dates}} """ Content we already have and can reuse (articles, videos, photos, case studies, FAQs): """ {{existing_assets}} """ Task: Build a content calendar for the month that serves the goals above, within our capacity. Requirements: - Plan to our capacity, not beyond it. A calendar we cannot keep up with is worse than a shorter one. - Tie every piece to one goal and one theme. If a piece serves no goal, leave it out. - For each key date, plan the lead-up (announcement, reminder) as well as the day itself. Use "last chance" only where a real deadline exists. - Reuse what we already have: turn one source piece into several channel versions before planning anything new. - Leave one open slot per week for something timely we cannot plan yet. - Use only the dates listed. Do not add awareness days, holidays or trends that are not on our list, because invented or irrelevant "national days" are a common mistake in generated calendars. Format: 1. A table in date order with the columns Date, Channel, Goal, Theme, Idea (one line), Format, Reuses (the existing piece, or "new"), Prep needed. 2. "Prepare in advance": anything that needs lead time, such as photos, approvals or guest contributions, with the date it is needed by. 3. A summary under 100 words of how the month balances across goals and channels. Example row, for form only: Tue 4 | Email | Goal 1 | Customer questions | Answer the three questions we hear most about [product] | Newsletter section | FAQ page | None A good result is a calendar a busy team could follow without another planning meeting. If the goals and capacity conflict, or a key date is missing a detail you need, say so above the table and suggest what to drop. Do not guess dates.
Variables
- {{business}}
- What you sell and to whom, in a sentence.
- {{audience}}
- Who the content is for.
- {{month}}
- The month and year, for example "March 2027".
- {{goals}}
- One to three goals for the month, for example "fill spring bookings, grow the email list".
- {{capacity}}
- Each channel and how many pieces a week you can really make, for example "blog 1, Instagram 3, email 1".
- {{themes}}
- Your content themes, for example "how-tos, behind the scenes, customer stories".
- {{key_dates}}
- Launches, events, promotions, deadlines and the holidays that matter to your business, with dates.
- {{existing_assets}}
- Content you already have and could reuse, with titles or links. Write "none" if there is none.
Why it works
- What to avoid. Awareness days and holidays come only from your list, which stops the calendar filling up with invented or irrelevant "national days".
- Length. The plan is sized to what your team can actually make each week, with one open slot a week, so it survives a real month.
- What good looks like. Every piece must serve a stated goal, and the test of a good calendar is that the team can follow it without another planning meeting.