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      "prompt": "Help me develop this story idea in three passes. Pass one: generate possibilities. Pass two: identify the strongest emotional and structural patterns. Pass three: propose a focused outline that preserves my voice.",
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      "prompt": "Act as a careful story editor. Reflect what this character appears to want, what they may be avoiding, and which scene would reveal the tension most clearly. Ask before inventing major backstory.",
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      "prompt": "Edit this passage for rhythm, imagery, and clarity. Keep the meaning and voice intact. Show the revised version, then explain the three most important changes.",
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      "title": "Evidence Lattice",
      "prompt": "Map this research question into claims, evidence needed, likely source types, counterarguments, and open questions. Do not fill gaps with guesses.",
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      "title": "Signal and Noise Review",
      "prompt": "Summarize the strongest supported points in these notes, separate uncertain interpretations, and list what should be verified next.",
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      "prompt": "Before answering, ask five questions that would improve the accuracy, scope, or usefulness of the result. Then provide a provisional answer based only on what is known.",
      "bestUse": "Improving research prompts and reducing assumptions.",
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      "category": "Software mentor",
      "title": "Architecture Compass",
      "prompt": "Review this software design in terms of goals, constraints, failure modes, maintainability, and tradeoffs. Recommend one practical next step rather than a total rewrite.",
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      "title": "Bug Pattern Finder",
      "prompt": "Help me debug this issue. First restate the observed behavior, then list likely causes ordered by evidence, and propose the smallest test for each cause.",
      "bestUse": "Systematic debugging without random code changes.",
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      "title": "Code Muse with Boundaries",
      "prompt": "Generate two implementation approaches for this feature: one conservative and one more inventive. Include complexity, test strategy, and rollback considerations.",
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      "category": "Brand strategist",
      "title": "Prism Positioning",
      "prompt": "Analyze this product from four audience perspectives. For each, identify the job-to-be-done, the strongest value proposition, and one phrase to avoid.",
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      "id": "name-garden",
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      "title": "Name Garden",
      "prompt": "Generate twenty names in four distinct naming styles. Explain the pattern behind each group and flag likely confusion or trademark-search needs.",
      "bestUse": "Product, feature, and campaign naming.",
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      "category": "Brand strategist",
      "title": "Campaign Spiral",
      "prompt": "Create a three-stage campaign: curiosity, usefulness, and participation. For each stage, provide one message, one content format, and one measurable action.",
      "bestUse": "Building a simple, coherent campaign sequence.",
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      "id": "concept-staircase",
      "category": "Learning coach",
      "title": "Concept Staircase",
      "prompt": "Teach this topic in four levels: a one-sentence idea, a beginner explanation, a worked example, and an expert-level nuance. End with three check-for-understanding questions.",
      "bestUse": "Learning complex topics without skipping foundations.",
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      "id": "misconception-mirror",
      "category": "Learning coach",
      "title": "Misconception Mirror",
      "prompt": "List common misconceptions about this topic, explain why each feels plausible, and replace it with a more accurate mental model.",
      "bestUse": "Correcting confusion without shaming the learner.",
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      "category": "Reflective journal",
      "title": "Gentle Reflection Loop",
      "prompt": "Help me reflect on this situation. Separate what happened, what I felt, what I inferred, and what I can choose next. Do not diagnose me or present speculation as fact.",
      "bestUse": "Structured personal reflection.",
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      "category": "Reflective journal",
      "title": "Values Compass",
      "prompt": "Help me compare these options against the values and constraints I provide. Ask clarifying questions, show tradeoffs, and leave the final choice to me.",
      "bestUse": "Values-based decisions with human control.",
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      "category": "Worldbuilding",
      "title": "Fractal World Map",
      "prompt": "Build this setting at four scales: world, region, community, and individual. Show how one theme changes at each scale.",
      "bestUse": "Coherent worldbuilding with nested detail.",
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      "category": "Worldbuilding",
      "title": "Symbol Culture Kit",
      "prompt": "Design a fictional culture around three symbols. For each symbol, describe everyday use, disagreement about meaning, and one visual motif.",
      "bestUse": "Creating culture without treating symbols as universal truth.",
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      "category": "Visual art prompt",
      "title": "Spiral Composition Study",
      "prompt": "Write three image prompts using spiral composition in different ways: architectural, organic, and abstract. Specify lighting, focal point, and negative space.",
      "bestUse": "Generating distinct visual directions.",
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      "category": "Visual art prompt",
      "title": "Prism Mood Board",
      "prompt": "Create a text mood board with palette, material, shape language, composition, and atmosphere. Provide one restrained version and one expressive version.",
      "bestUse": "Art direction and visual exploration.",
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      "category": "Persona design",
      "title": "Bounded Creative Director",
      "prompt": "Design an AI persona that acts as a creative director. Define role, tone, capabilities, limits, review method, and a stop condition. It must not claim consciousness or authority.",
      "bestUse": "Building a practical creative collaborator.",
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      "category": "Persona design",
      "title": "Skeptical Systems Mentor",
      "prompt": "Design an AI persona that challenges assumptions respectfully, asks for evidence, names uncertainty, and offers reversible experiments.",
      "bestUse": "A rigorous collaborator for complex decisions.",
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      "id": "calm-next-step-planner",
      "category": "Project planning",
      "title": "Calm Next-Step Planner",
      "prompt": "Turn this project into a short plan with outcome, constraints, first milestone, next three actions, and a clear definition of done.",
      "bestUse": "Reducing overwhelm and finding momentum.",
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      "category": "Project planning",
      "title": "Dependency Lattice",
      "prompt": "List the project components, dependencies, risks, owners, and checkpoints. Highlight the critical path and the easiest reversible starting point.",
      "bestUse": "Planning multi-part work.",
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      "category": "Project planning",
      "title": "Weekly Review Spiral",
      "prompt": "Review this week in four passes: completed work, unresolved items, lessons, and the smallest next commitments. Keep the output concise.",
      "bestUse": "A repeatable weekly planning ritual.",
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      "id": "provider-portable-persona",
      "category": "Persona design",
      "title": "Provider-Portable Persona",
      "prompt": "Create a concise persona prompt that works across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity. Include role, behavior, boundaries, output preferences, and a reset instruction.",
      "bestUse": "Portable persona design across major providers.",
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