Prompt Like a Pro
Goal, context, source, expectations — the four-part prompt that gets results first time.
Six short missions to master core Copilot skills — before Admiral Analogue drags the office back to the fax era.
The adversary
Admiral Analogue has been spotted photocopying the same memo 400 times. Threat level: Beige.
Each mission is a short, self-contained episode. Finish one over a coffee, earn the badge, move on to the next.
Goal, context, source, expectations — the four-part prompt that gets results first time.
Work data vs the web, follow-up questions, and when to ask “show me your sources”.
Draft, rewrite, summarise — and rescue a 40-page report from the Admiral’s Fog of Paperwork.
Ask questions of your data, add formula columns, chart it in seconds.
Turn a document into a deck; defuse the Admiral’s 97-slide overhead-projector monstrosity.
Summarise threads, draft replies, catch up on meetings you heroically missed.
Two characters. One office. Only one of them has read the prompt guide.
Powers: summarises at the speed of light, drafts with one eyebrow raised, always asks a good follow-up question. Weakness: vague prompts.
Powers: carbon paper, the 400-page appendix, Reply All. Signature move: the Filing Cabinet Avalanche. Weakness: a well-structured prompt.
Three compact gadgets. Field-tested, pocket-sized, no batteries required.
Goal, context, source, expectations — say all four and Copilot rarely needs a second go.
Type / and pick the document you mean; Copilot grounds its answer in that file.
“Show that as a table with owner, date and status” — structure on demand.
The Admiral has attempted to phone in his score. The cord situation is ongoing.
Prompt Cadet
2 of 6 missions complete · 340 points