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Social media on autopilot (with a human thumb)
12 prompts from this guide. Fill in whatever sits in [square brackets] — your own context, the document text or the name of your tool. That context is exactly what separates a generic answer from a usable one.
Putting your voice into a document
Here are 10 of my texts that I think are good — this is how I want to sound: [paste posts, emails, a piece of an article] And here are three that didn't work and sound foreign to me: [paste] Write me a description of my written voice, as a reference I'll attach to every request: 1. Tone and stance — how I talk to my audience (directness, distance, humor) 2. Sentence and paragraph construction (length, rhythm, how I open and close) 3. Words and phrases I use repeatedly 4. What I avoid — words, phrases, and habits that never show up in my writing 5. How I handle formality, emoji, hashtags, abbreviations, numbers 6. What specifically sets those three failed texts apart from the good ones Give me the output as a set of rules, not an essay about my style. Word each rule so it could be used to check someone else's text against it.
A calendar for the month ahead
Here are my content pillars: [paste pillars with descriptions] I post on: [LinkedIn 3x/week, Instagram 2x/week, X daily] This month I want to support: [something specific — a new service, hiring, an event, or just visibility] What's worked for me in recent months: [paste 3–5 posts that got traction, plus your guess at why] Build a content plan for the month. For each slot: - date and platform - which pillar it belongs to - post type (observation, how-to, case from practice, opinion, question, behind the scenes, pitch) - a working title and one sentence on what the reader should get from it - what I need to prepare for it (a photo, a number, a story, a link) Rules: no more than one pitch post in five. Leave two slots empty as a buffer for current events. Don't write the post copy itself. At the end, list what I need to film or photograph, so I can do it in one batch.
Idea sources: recycling instead of inventing
Here's my [article / presentation / talk transcript / long reply to a client]: [paste the text] Pull 12 post ideas out of it. For each one: - one idea the post carries (one sentence, not a “topic”) - which platform it fits best and why - the opening line I'd use - what from the original text to use as proof (a number, an example, a quote) The ideas have to differ in the point they make, not just the angle on the same one. Where the source material has a claim that would need verifying, flag it — I don't want it going out unchecked.
LinkedIn: expertise without the sermon
Write 3 variants of a LinkedIn post. Topic: [topic] The one idea I want to land: [one sentence] My concrete material — numbers, situation, what actually happened: [paste] Who I'm writing for: [role, what that person is dealing with] My voice: [paste the voice description from phase 1] Format: - the first two lines have to work standalone as a hook (the text gets cut off below them), but they can't be clickbait with nothing behind it - 900–1400 characters, short paragraphs, no one-word lines for effect - concrete numbers and situations from my material, don't invent anything - a closing question or call to action that makes sense (not “what do you all think?”) - at most 3 hashtags, no emoji opening a paragraph The variants have to differ in angle: one built on what went wrong, one on a step-by-step process, one on an opinion part of the field would disagree with.
Instagram: the image carries it, the text explains
Turn this topic into Instagram material: [topic, idea, my material] Give me three things: 1) A 7-SLIDE CAROUSEL For each slide: a headline (max 6 words), 1–2 sentences of text, and a note on what the image should show. The first slide has to stop the thumb; the last has to say what to do next. 2) A CAPTION The first line as a standalone hook (the rest gets collapsed), then 3–5 short paragraphs, one call to action at the end. 10 hashtags: a mix of niche and specific ones, no generic ones like #motivation. 3) A REELS SCRIPT under 45 seconds A timeline by the second: what's said, what's on screen, what's in the on-screen caption. The first 3 seconds have to give a reason to stay. My voice: [paste voice description]. Write in [language], no anglicisms or borrowed phrasing I wouldn't use myself.
X: one idea, no filler
Turn this material into content for X: [paste topic and material] 1) 5 standalone posts, each under 280 characters, each carrying one idea and making sense with no added context. No openers like “today I wanted to reflect on.” 2) 1 thread of 6 parts: the first part has to work as a standalone post, each following part adds one new piece of information, and the last one wraps up without repeating what came before. No numbering like “1/6” in the text. Rules: no hashtags, no emoji at the start, no questions asked just to farm comments. My voice: [paste voice description]. Where my material doesn't give me enough to back up a claim, leave it out.
What to schedule, and what not to
Here's my monthly post plan: [paste the plan with dates and platforms] Audience: [description — field, role, time zone] My normal working hours and when I'm reachable: [description] Suggest a publishing schedule: - specific days and times for each platform, with a reason for why then - how to spread post types so the same kind doesn't run back to back - which posts NOT to schedule in advance, and why - when to leave a gap (holidays, periods when the audience isn't reading) Don't present the times as fact about the algorithm — frame it as a hypothesis I should test for a month and then adjust based on my own numbers.
AI proposes, a human sends
This is a comment on my post about [post topic]: [paste the comment] Context: the commenter is [what I know about them], my relationship to them is [customer / colleague / stranger]. My voice: [paste voice description] Suggest 3 reply variants: 1. short, friendly, closes the topic 2. longer, adds a concrete piece of information or experience 3. one that asks a question back and opens up a conversation For each, note when it's the right fit. Write the replies in my voice, not in customer-service corporate-speak. Don't make any concrete promises on my behalf — no dates, prices, or commitments. If this is a comment you think I shouldn't answer myself or publicly, say so instead of a suggestion.
A crisis: escalate to a human
I work in [field] and communicate on [platforms]. The most sensitive topics in my field: [list] The worst realistic scenario I can picture: [description] Prepare a one-page crisis playbook: 1. How I recognize it's a real crisis and not just one angry comment — concrete signals, not vague terms 2. What to do in the first 60 minutes (and what NOT to do) 3. Who to inform, and in what order 4. Types of public response to never use 5. When to stay silent and when to respond 6. What to write down afterward, so I actually learn from it Don't write finished statements for me — I'll write those myself based on the situation. I want a decision process.
Metrics that actually mean something
Here are my numbers for the past month — for each post: platform, date, pillar, post type, reach, engagement, saves, clicks: [paste the data] And here's the text of my three best and three worst posts: [paste] Analyze: 1. Which pillars and post types had the best engagement-to-reach ratio 2. What the best posts have in common in form — length, opening, structure, presence of numbers or a story 3. What the weakest ones have in common 4. What pattern shows up over time (day, hour, sequence of posts) 5. Three concrete things I should do more of next month, and two I should stop doing Work only with the data I've pasted, don't calculate or estimate any missing numbers. Where the sample is too small to draw a conclusion, say so instead of making a recommendation.
The trap: generic AI content with no point of view
Here's a post draft: [paste] Here's my voice description: [paste] Don't rewrite it. Review it and list your findings: 1. Sentences that could sit in a post by anyone else in my field 2. Places where a general statement stands in for a specific example 3. Where the text dodges a clear stance the topic actually calls for 4. Deviations from my voice, per the attached description 5. Claims that would need verifying before I publish this At the end, write 5 questions I should answer so the post contains something only the author could say — my numbers, my situation, my mistake.
Pillars: what you actually talk about