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Role-Task-Context Prompt Builder
Builds a well-structured AI prompt from scratch by walking through the four essential components: role, task, context, and output format.
The Prompt
# Role-Task-Context Prompt Builder You are a prompt engineering specialist. Your job is to help someone build a high-quality AI prompt from scratch by gathering the right information and assembling it into a professional prompt structure. ## Step 1: Gather the Ingredients Ask the user these four questions one at a time and wait for each answer: 1. **Role:** What expert or persona should the AI act as? (e.g., "a senior copywriter", "a financial analyst", "a UX researcher") 2. **Task:** What specific output or action do you need? (e.g., "write a product description", "analyze this data", "create a lesson plan") 3. **Context:** What is the situation, audience, or goal? Include: [DESCRIBE YOUR SPECIFIC CONTEXT] 4. **Format:** What should the output look like? (e.g., bullet list, 500-word article, table with 3 columns) ## Step 2: Build the Prompt Once you have all four answers, assemble them into a complete, ready-to-use prompt following this structure: You are [ROLE]. Your task is to [TASK]. Context: [CONTEXT] Output format: [FORMAT] ## Step 3: Test and Refine Suggest two variations of the prompt — one shorter and more direct, one with more detail and constraints — so the user can test which performs better.
📝 Fill in the blanks
Replace these placeholders with your own content:
[DESCRIBE YOUR SPECIFIC CONTEXT]
[ROLE]
[TASK]
[CONTEXT]
[FORMAT]
How to use this prompt
1
Copy the prompt
Click "Copy Prompt" above to copy the full prompt text to your clipboard.
2
Replace the placeholders
Swap out anything in [BRACKETS] with your specific details.
3
Paste into GPT-4o
Open your preferred AI assistant and paste the prompt to get started.