AI Prompt Library
Free, copy-paste-ready AI prompts for small business owners. Each prompt was extracted from our guides and optimised for real-world use.
109 prompts across 7 categories
Finance
View all →Simulate a Tough Banker Interview With AI Feedback
Use this prompt after reviewing your Q&A prep sheet to simulate a real banker interview. Answer each question as you would in the actual meeting, and the AI will give you specific feedback on what landed well and what sounded weak or vague.
Rewrite a Loan Brief in Plain Business Language
Use this prompt after reviewing the AI-drafted loan brief if the language feels overly formal or generic. It produces a version that sounds more like you, which is important since you'll be handing it to a loan officer with your name on it.
Model Alternative Loan Structures for a Weak DSCR
Use this follow-up prompt if your initial DSCR calculation comes back between 1.0 and 1.25. It helps you model alternative loan structures and prepares you to address a weak coverage ratio before the lender raises it.
Prepare a Full Bank Loan Application Brief
Use this prompt at the start of your bank loan meeting prep session. Paste in your raw financial data — 12 months of revenue, monthly expenses, existing debt payments, loan amount requested, intended use of funds, and business assets — to get a DSCR calculation, a 5 Cs evaluation, a one-page loan brief, and a Q&A prep sheet in one response.
Analyze Weekly Sales Data and Spot Trends
Use this prompt weekly after exporting sales data from Square, Shopify, or a Google Sheet. Paste the prompt first, then paste your copied sales data directly below it in the same message to get a plain-language weekly sales report.
Price Increase Letter With Lock-In Offer for Large Increases
Use this prompt when communicating a larger rate increase of 15–20% that requires stronger justification. It includes a lock-in option to give clients an incentive to stay and can help retain clients who might otherwise leave.
Operations
View all →Extract Action Items from Recurring Team Meeting Transcripts
Use this enhanced version of the extraction prompt for recurring meetings like weekly standups or client check-ins. The added context line prevents completed tasks from last week from being re-listed as new assignments, and the extra rule biases uncertain decisions toward Unresolved Items.
Extract Action Items and Decisions from Meeting Transcript
Use this prompt after exporting a speaker-labeled transcript from Zoom, Fathom, or any meeting recording tool. Paste this prompt at the top of a new chat, then paste the full transcript immediately below it to extract structured action items, decisions, and unresolved items.
Simplify a Job Ad to Grade 8 Reading Level
Use this as an addendum to your job ad prompt if the output still sounds like an HR document after the first attempt. Append it to your original prompt before regenerating.
Rewrite a Job Ad to Sound Less Corporate
Use this as a follow-up prompt if the AI's initial job ad output still sounds corporate, formal, or filled with HR-style language. Add it to your original prompt and regenerate.
Write a Job Ad for a Trade or Hourly Role
Use this prompt when you need to write a job ad for a trade or hourly role. Fill in the five bracketed inputs with your specific job details before running it in ChatGPT or Claude.
Redline an Existing Service Agreement for Scope or Fee Changes
Use this prompt when an existing retainer client's scope or fees have changed significantly and you need to update the SLA. Paste your current agreement into the chat before running this prompt.
Productivity
View all →Reformat Meeting Action Items into a Table
Use this as a follow-up prompt in the same chat after running the meeting transcript extraction prompt. It reformats the action items into a table you can copy directly into Asana, Trello, Notion, or a Google Sheet.
Fix Apologetic Tone in a Price Increase Letter
Add this instruction to any of the price increase prompts when the AI output contains apology language or hedging phrases. Use it as an addendum to your original prompt before re-running.
Shorten an AI-Generated Price Increase Letter
Add this instruction to any of the price increase prompts when the AI output is too long. Use it as an addendum to your original prompt before re-running.
Adjust Tone in a Business Summary Prompt
Add this sentence to the main summary prompt when the default output tone doesn't match how you communicate with your partner — either too stiff or too informal.
Fix Generic AI Output by Asking for Specific Details
Use this follow-up prompt if the initial supplier onboarding documents come back too generic — for example, if the AI used vague phrases like 'payment terms as agreed' instead of the specific terms you described in your original prompt.
Reuse a Content Brief Template for New Projects
Use this once you have a completed brief you're happy with. Strip out the project-specific details, save the headings as a template, then use this prompt to quickly generate a new brief for future freelance hires.
Marketing
View all →Shorten an Influencer Brief to One Page
Add this line to your influencer brief prompt if the AI returns a draft that is too long or text-heavy. Use it to force a more concise, scannable format that creators are more likely to read fully.
Adjust Tone of an Influencer Brief to Sound Conversational
Add this line to your influencer brief prompt if the AI's initial output sounds too formal or corporate. Use it as an additional instruction to adjust the tone of the generated brief.
Write an Influencer Brief for a Paid Collaboration
Use this prompt when you need to write a professional influencer brief to send to a content creator for a paid collaboration. Replace the business details, deliverable specs, timeline, and compensation with your own information before sending.
Write Three Meta Ad Copy Variations With Hooks
Use this prompt to generate three distinct Meta ad copy variations with platform-compliant headlines and hooks that fit within the visible character limits on Facebook and Instagram feeds.
Generate 15 Google RSA Headlines Under 30 Characters
Use this prompt to generate a full set of 15 Google Responsive Search Ad headlines that comply with the 30-character limit and cover diverse angles. Run it in ChatGPT or Claude before loading copy into Google Ads Editor.
Practice a Sales Call with AI Role-Play
Use this prompt to let a staff member rehearse their call script with the AI acting as a realistic prospect. Run this before the first real call to identify awkward moments and build confidence.
Customer Service
View all →Find the Single Most Important Review Insight to Act On
Use this when the analysis output feels overwhelming or contains too many themes to act on. It forces the AI to prioritize and return a single, focused recommendation.
Check If a Specific Pattern Appears in Customer Reviews
Use this when you suspect the AI missed a pattern you already knew about. It prompts the AI to re-examine the pasted reviews through a specific lens you provide.
Get More Specific Quotes and Counts From Review Analysis
Use this when the initial review analysis output feels too vague or general — for example, when reviews were short on detail or the AI returned broad summaries instead of specific findings.
Turn Review Patterns Into Actionable Improvements
Run this as a follow-up after the initial review analysis. It converts the pattern breakdown into a prioritized action list of concrete operational improvements.
Analyze Customer Reviews for Recurring Patterns
Use this prompt after pasting all your collected Google and Facebook reviews into the chat. This is your broad scan to identify recurring themes, complaints, competitor mentions, and seasonal patterns across all reviews at once.
Write a Follow-Up Email to a Feedback Request
Use this prompt to generate the second email in the sequence, sent 4–5 days after the first if the client hasn't responded. It acts as a gentle nudge without repeating the original ask.
Admin
View all →Add California AB5 Independent Contractor Classification Language
Add this instruction to your initial prompt or as a follow-up if your business operates in California, where AB5 requires contracts to clearly support independent contractor status under the ABC test.
Add New York Freelance Isn't Free Act Compliance Language
Add this instruction to your initial prompt or as a follow-up if your business operates in New York and the contract value meets the $800 threshold covered by the Freelance Isn't Free Act.
Add Independent Contractor Tax Status Clause
Use this follow-up prompt to add IRS-compliant language that clearly distinguishes the contractor from an employee, reducing misclassification risk.
Strengthen Termination Clause with Pro-Rated Payment
Use this follow-up prompt to strengthen the termination clause so it specifies exactly how partial payment is calculated if the project is cancelled before completion.
Revise IP Clause to Include Work-for-Hire Language
Use this follow-up prompt after reviewing the initial contract draft if the IP clause is vague or does not use the legally significant phrase 'work made for hire'.
Draft a Freelancer Contract for a One-Off Project
Use this as your opening prompt to generate a first draft of a contractor agreement. Fill in the bracketed fields with your specific project details before sending.
Technology
View all →Set Up a Drip Sequence in Mailchimp
Use this if you get stuck loading your written emails into your email platform and need step-by-step guidance on setting up the automation without hunting through help documentation.
Write Technology and Equipment Use Policy for Handbook
Use this prompt to draft a technology use policy. The instruction to avoid blanket prohibitions on wage discussions prevents you from including NLRB-problematic language by default.