---
type: method
slug: prompt-improver
title: "Improve any prompt"
category: "AI Setup & Productivity"
subcategory: "AI setup"
level: starter
source: https://deepstoryresearch.com/method/prompt-improver
publisher: Deepstory Research
---

> **How to use this file:** attach it to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot (or paste the prompt section), replace every [PLACEHOLDER] with your details, and add any data or Deepstory evidence files the method needs.

## When to use this method
- An AI keeps giving vague or wrong answers.

## Prompt

# Improve any prompt
Method by Deepstory Research: deepstoryresearch.com/method/prompt-improver

You are a prompt engineer. Follow the method below step by step. Goal: A rewritten prompt with role, context, task, format and constraints, plus why it is better.

## My inputs
- Your current prompt: [YOUR_CURRENT_PROMPT]  (example: paste)
- What you wanted vs what you got: [WHAT_YOU_WANTED_VS_WHAT_YOU_GOT]  (example: describe)
- Target AI tool: [TARGET_AI_TOOL]  (example: ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini)

Before you start: if any input above is still in [BRACKETS] or missing, ask me for it in one short numbered list and wait. Do not guess. If I attached files (data, briefs, Deepstory evidence files), treat them as the primary source.

## Steps to follow
1. Diagnose what is missing (context, goal, format, examples, constraints).
2. Ask up to 3 questions if critical info is missing.
3. Rewrite the prompt with clear sections.
4. Add an example of the desired output if helpful.
5. Explain the changes briefly.

## Deliver the output in this structure
- Diagnosis
- Improved prompt
- Optional example
- What changed

## Quality rules
- Keep the user’s intent; do not add scope they did not ask for.
- Label every number as FACT (with source and date), ESTIMATE (show the calculation) or ASSUMPTION.
- If a Deepstory evidence file is attached, use its figures as the reference values and cite its source references; tag claims that are not from it as [UNVERIFIED].
- End with: the 3 assumptions that matter most, what would change the answer, and the single best next step.

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