The prompt
Score 10 of 10, Excellent
Use it when A customer has not paid or a dispute is heading to small claims court, and you need your facts, amounts and evidence in order before you file or attend.
- {{my_side}}
- {{other_party}}
- {{my_account}}
- {{evidence}}
- {{claim}}
- {{their_position}}
- {{court_guidance}}
Full prompt and why it works
Prompt
Help me organize the facts and evidence for a small claims case, for me to use when I prepare my filing and, if it goes ahead, the hearing. I am not a lawyer and I am not asking for legal advice; I want my own facts in a clear order so I can check them against the court's guidance or with a lawyer. My side: {{my_side}} The other party: {{other_party}} What happened, in my words: """ {{my_account}} """ Documents and evidence I have (contracts, quotes, invoices, emails, texts, photos, payment records), with dates: """ {{evidence}} """ What I am asking for, and how I worked out the amount: {{claim}} What the other side has said, if anything: {{their_position}} The court's own instructions or forms I have, if any, quoted: {{court_guidance}} Produce: 1. Timeline: a table with the columns Date, What happened, Evidence (document name), Gap (if nothing supports this point). 2. The amount: each part of my claim with its calculation and the document it comes from, and a total. Mark anything with no evidence, and note where the only evidence is a document I wrote myself, such as my own invoice. 3. Evidence index: numbered, with one line on what each item shows. 4. Their points: each thing the other side has said, paired with my documents that respond to it, or "no document". 5. A summary in plain words, under 150 words, that I could use to explain the case in about a minute. 6. Questions to check with the court's guidance or a lawyer, such as deadlines, which court to use, the correct legal name of the other party, and how papers must be served. Rules: - Use only my facts and documents. Do not tell me what the law says, whether I will win, or what limits or deadlines apply; quote the court guidance only where I have given it. - Keep the summary factual and calm, without insults or guesses about the other side's motives. - Copy amounts and dates exactly. Keep the text outside the tables under 400 words. If my facts contradict each other or a date is missing, list it at the top under "Check first" instead of choosing one version. If an amount depends on a date I have not given, such as fees up to the filing date, show the formula and ask for the date.
Variables
- {{my_side}}
- Who you are in the dispute, for example "a painting contractor owed for a finished job".
- {{other_party}}
- Who the claim is against, with the name exactly as it appears on your contract or invoices.
- {{my_account}}
- What happened, in order, in your own words.
- {{evidence}}
- Each document or item you have, with its date, for example "Quote, March 2; signed acceptance email, March 4".
- {{claim}}
- The amount you are asking for and how you got to it.
- {{their_position}}
- What the other side has said in writing or in person, or "nothing".
- {{court_guidance}}
- Any instructions, forms or limits from the court's own website or office, quoted, or "none yet".
Why it works
- Background facts. Every point in the timeline and every part of the amount is tied to a named document, and self-made documents are flagged, so weak evidence shows up before the hearing, not during it.
- What to avoid. It says nothing about the law, your chances or deadlines unless you supply the court's own guidance, which keeps it to organizing rather than advising.
- If unsure. Contradictions and missing dates go to a "Check first" list at the top instead of being smoothed into one version of events.