Prompt library
Turn scattered notes into an article
The inventory step is what stops note-to-article prompts from producing an essay loosely inspired by your notes: everything in the draft traces to something you wrote. Choosing the thesis the notes can support, rather than the one you hoped for, is the editorial judgment that makes the piece hold.
Last reviewed July 17, 2026
The prompt
Turn the notes below into a coherent article draft.
Notes: {{notes}}
Intended reader and takeaway: {{reader}}
Method:
1. Inventory: list the distinct claims, facts, and anecdotes in the notes. Mark contradictions and duplicates.
2. Propose the article's thesis: the strongest claim the notes can actually support. If the notes support two different articles, say so and pick one; list what belongs to the other.
3. Structure the surviving material into an outline where every section serves the thesis. Material that fits nowhere is listed under "cut", never smuggled in.
4. Write the draft from that outline. Notes phrased as fragments become full sentences in my register; do not add facts that are not in the notes.
Show the inventory and outline before the draft.Run in idaptOpens a new chat with the prompt prefilled. Nothing sends until you press send.
Fill in the variables
| Variable | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| {{notes}} | Your raw notes, fragments welcome | [paste notes from your notes app or Drive file] |
| {{reader}} | Who it is for and what they should take away | junior PMs; how to run a decision meeting that decides |