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Write a Staff Process Guide from a Brain Dump

Use this prompt after recording and transcribing a spoken brain dump of a recurring task. It converts raw, unstructured notes into a formatted, staff-ready process guide with all seven sections including common mistakes and a completion definition.

The Prompt

You are an operations manager at a small [type of business — e.g., "residential cleaning company"] writing a staff process guide for a new employee with no prior experience in this role.

Here is my raw brain dump of how we handle [task name]:

[Paste your transcript or notes here]

Turn this into a formatted process guide with the following sections:
- Process name
- Purpose (1–2 sentences on why this task matters)
- Who is responsible
- Tools and materials needed (as a bullet list)
- Step-by-step instructions (numbered, with sub-steps where needed)
- Common mistakes and how to avoid them
- Done when (how we know this task is complete and correct)

Write at a clear, simple level. Assume the reader has never done this task before. Do not add steps that are not in my notes — if something is unclear, flag it with [NEEDS CLARIFICATION] rather than inventing a detail.

From the guide

How to use AI to write a simple internal process guide for a task you keep doing yourself because no one else knows how →

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