When a new, more capable model came out this summer, I moved four or five projects past the idea stage in a week. The model was not the main reason. The planning was.
Prompt one: prove you understood me
I record a voice note about where everything stands, paste the transcript, and tell the model its first job is not to solve anything. It has to reconstruct my context: projects, constraints, decisions, blind spots. Only then does it suggest an order of work.
Prompt two: run it end to end
Then each project gets a brief with an objective, context, priorities and one execution rule: run this end to end, and only stop for decisions that are irreversible or truly mine. The model finishes, then lists the decisions it made on my behalf.
- Voice note: where everything stands (10 minutes).
- Context capture prompt: the model explains it back.
- Pick 1 to 3 tasks for the session.
- One end-to-end brief per task.
- Save the outputs so the next brief builds on them.
Tools change. A good brief works on every model.
All three prompts are in the library with copy buttons: context capture, the end-to-end brief, and the session planner for when you have more projects than hours.