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Prompt: turn one recorded session into five pieces

An hour-long workshop contains at least five pieces of content. The prompt that finds them without inventing any.

By Redação Swonkie

Equipa editorial

2026-08-20

I am going to give you the transcript of a recorded session. Find five moments that stand on their
own, outside the context of the session.

For each one give me:
- the start and end minute
- the exact sentence that carries the idea
- which format it suits best (short, text post, carousel)
- the hook for the first line

Rules: a moment has to make sense to someone who did not watch the rest. Do not stitch together
parts from different points of the session. Do not improve the speaker's words: if the sentence
does not work as it is, pick another moment.

An hour-long session typically holds five to eight moments that work on their own. The problem is never material, it is the time it takes to find it, and the temptation to "fix" what was not there.

The two rules are what make this useful: do not stitch distant parts together (that is how you manufacture sentences the speaker never said) and do not improve the words (if it needs improving, the moment was not good).

How to use it

Works with YouTube's automatic transcript, which is usually good enough. If the recording has no captions, it has to be transcribed first.

After choosing

Cut with a second of margin on each side and watch the result with the sound off. If you cannot tell what is being discussed, the opening lacks context.

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Prompts
Creation

2026-10-13

Prompt: ten questions for a recorded session

No questions about the company's history. It is the one everybody asks first and the one that never yields a good cut.

Good questions are the difference between a usable hour and an hour of pleasant conversation.

I am recording an hour-long session with someone from this company. I will give you their role and
what the company does.

Write ten questions under these conditions:
- each answerable in two to three minutes
- each answer has to make sense on its own, outside the rest of the conversation
- at least three must ask for a concrete case, with numbers or a before and after
- at least two must touch something that went wrong
- none can be answered yes or no
- none about the company's history

Order them from easiest to most demanding, so the person warms up.

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AI & Andie

2026-08-11

Prompt: review a month of content before scheduling it

Do not rewrite anything. The review that works is the one that points, not the one that replaces.

A review that catches repetition, unbacked promises and pieces with no purpose, before the whole thing goes into the queue.

Look at the pieces I have planned for next month and answer four questions, in this order:

1. Which subjects repeat less than two weeks apart? Name them and suggest which one to change or
   push back.
2. Which pieces make a promise the body does not keep? Quote the sentence.
3. Which pieces have no clear goal (reach, conversation, conversion)? List them without inventing
   one for them.
4. Where is the format mix out of balance against what usually works in my data?

Do not rewrite anything. Point, with the reference of the piece, and end with the three changes
that make the most difference. If there is not enough data for question 4, say so.

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Publishing

2026-10-27

Prompt: the final check on a caption

If everything is fine, say everything is fine. A reviewer who always suggests something stops being read.

Seven checks before publishing. None of them is about grammar.

Check this caption before I publish. Go through these in order and answer each with "ok" or with
the concrete problem:

1. Does the first line work on its own, before "see more"?
2. Is the promise in the first line kept by the rest?
3. Is there any claim I could not back up if someone asked?
4. Can you tell what this is about without seeing the image or video?
5. Is there a clear ask at the end, and is it something you can do on this network?
6. Does any sentence need context only someone who works here has?
7. Is there anything an outsider could read as offensive?

Do not rewrite the caption. Point and explain. If everything is fine, say everything is fine
instead of inventing a suggestion.

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