Insert hyperlinks — AI Prompts for Google Docs

The four heights

The same task, four distances: today's deadline, the next reviewer, the stuck moment, the pattern.

Execute — do the immediate task

Add links to authority and citations in the policy memo. Insert a hyperlink on each citation line…

Add links to authority and citations in the policy memo. Insert a hyperlink on each citation line to the online source: link the statutory citations to the official government page, link case names to the published opinion, and link external data references to the dataset page. Ensure links open in a new tab and show the full URL in a footnote for print readers. Verify three spot-checks work.

Improve — make it easier to accept

Before I send this to interns to add links, make the memo easy to approve: surface a top table that…

Before I send this to interns to add links, make the memo easy to approve: surface a top table that lists each citation and the proposed URL, mark any sources behind paywalls or with broken SSL, and flag ambiguous citations where more than one source could match the reference. Give a short note on how to present the link so a reviewer can confirm it in 30 seconds.

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

I gave an intern the list of citations and now some hyperlinks point to summaries instead of the…

I handed citations to an intern and some links are wrong.

I gave an intern the list of citations and now some hyperlinks point to summaries instead of the primary source. I am afraid the reviewer will reject the memo for sloppy sourcing. Which links should I audit first to minimize risk, how do I spot links that are likely wrong quickly, and what verification step prevents this happening again without redoing all links myself?

Become — change the pattern

Across many memos and reports we keep getting drafts where hyperlinks either go to secondary…

We repeatedly receive drafts with missing or incorrect links.

Across many memos and reports we keep getting drafts where hyperlinks either go to secondary summaries, are broken, or are missing entirely. Where does this pattern waste the most reviewer time, and what three practical habits (for writers and for the person assigning linking) will stop the recurring mistakes and make link checks quick and reliable?

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