Prompt repository Research & learning
ChatGPT prompts for research and long documents
12 prompts for getting up to speed and reading at work: answers from a long document with page references, a briefing on an unfamiliar topic, a digest of articles, and a request written for deep research tools. Each one asks the AI to show where an answer came from, so you can check it.
- Prompts
- 12
- Registry code
- RES
- Average score
- 10 out of 10
- Works in
- ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot
The 12 prompts
- RES-001Get up to speed on an unfamiliar topicYou need the key ideas, terms, debates and what to read next on a work topic you know little about.
- RES-002Get answers from a long document with page referencesYou need specific answers from a long report, PDF or contract, each pointing to where it appears.
- RES-003Explain a work concept with examples from your fieldYou need a term or idea you keep hearing explained plainly with examples that fit your job.
- RES-004Write a request for a deep research toolYou need a scoped research request with the questions, preferred sources and output format before you run it.
- RES-005Write a market overview from sources you provideYou need segments, main players, trends and gaps summarized from the reports and pages you paste.
- RES-006Shortlist software tools for your teamYou need to compare tools against your must-haves, budget and integrations before booking demos.
- RES-007Summarize what several studies say about a questionYou need where the studies agree, where they differ and how strong the evidence is, before a decision.
- RES-008Write a briefing on trends in your industryYou need a short update on what is changing in your industry for your team or leadership.
- RES-009Write a survey that gets honest, usable answersYou need short, unbiased survey questions for customer feedback, staff input or market research.
- RES-010Write a guide for research interviewsYou need open, non-leading questions for interviews with customers, staff or experts.
- RES-011Turn a pile of articles into a short digestYou need several articles or newsletters reduced to what matters for your work and why.
- RES-012Make a learning plan for a new work skillYou need to get competent at a tool or skill in a few weeks with practice tasks and checkpoints.
How to use them
- Open a prompt and press Fill in variables. Type your details into each blank; they stay in your browser.
- Copy the filled prompt into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot, or check it first in the Prompt Grader.
- Read the answer against your own facts before you use it. The Fact Check List shows what to check.
Questions
How do I get ChatGPT to summarize a long document accurately?
Ask it to quote or cite the page for each point, and to say when the document does not answer a question. The long-document prompt here does both, which makes a wrong summary easy to catch.
Do these prompts work in Claude, Gemini and Copilot?
Yes. Each prompt is laid out for one kind of model, shown beside it, but every one works in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Microsoft Copilot. Fill in the blanks and paste the whole prompt into the chat.
Are these prompts free?
Yes. You can open ten prompts without signing up, and a free email unlocks all 319 in the repository. Use them in your own work and your clients' work; please do not republish the collection.