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title: "AI Quick Tips 235: Beginner prompt templates"
description: Beginner-friendly AI prompt templates for effective results in tasks, perspectives, lists, and checklists. Learn simple and powerful prompting techniques.
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# [AI Quick Tips 235: Beginner prompt templates](https://thoughtsbrewing.com/blog/ai-quick-tips-235-beginner-prompt-templates)

 Written by [Damien Griffin](https://thoughtsbrewing.com/blog/author/damien) | Oct 14, 2025, 1:15:00 PM

After you’ve gone through the interface of your AI tool of choice - like [ChatGPT](https://thoughtsbrewing.com/blog/tag/chatgpt), [Claude](https://thoughtsbrewing.com/blog/tag/claude), or [Gemini](https://thoughtsbrewing.com/blog/tag/gemini) - it might be helpful to have some straightforward prompting templates to come back to.

These can also be used by non-beginners, sometimes you don’t need massive prompts to get useful output…

 

### Ask for Instructions

##### Prompt

*Give me detailed, step-by-step instructions for how to do \[task\]*

##### Example

*Give me detailed, step-by-step instructions for how to change the oil in my 2020 Toyota Camry*

 

### Ask for Different Perspectives

##### Prompt

*Give me at least two different viewpoints about {topic\]*

##### Example

*Give me at least two different viewpoints about the correct way to shave a yak*

### Ask for a Top 10 List

##### Prompt

*List the top 10 resources for \[purpose\]*

##### Example

*List the top 10 resources for small business bookkeeping*

### Ask for a Checklist

##### Prompt

*Create a checklist for \[goal/activity/task\]*

##### Example

*Create a checklist for going on a vacation to Belgium*

 

Happy prompting!

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