I’ve tested hundreds of prompts across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and even Grok. And after thousands of hours with these chatbots, I can tell you something simple and even game-changing for productivity: it’s not always about which AI you use, but how you prompt it.
I often prefer to run the same prompt across a few chatbots, something I call prompt dusting, to refine the response and ultimately get the best answer. During the live briefing with OpenAI when ChatGPT-5 first launch, I learned from ChatGPT’s own development team that running prompts a few times (in the same chat) can help users generate get to the best one.
In other words, a few well-crafted prompts can completely transform the quality of your answers. Now, whether I’m brainstorming article ideas, fact-checking or rewriting a paragraph, I keep these seven go-to prompts that make any chatbot smarter and more helpful.
