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Compress specific file types in a folder

This is real work, not a feature someone invented — it comes from real job ads and real questions people asked. Below are four ready AI prompts: get it done, make it easy for the next person to say yes to, work out the right move when you are stuck, and stop it coming back.

4prompts

The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskIn the 'Q4 Reports' folder, find all the large PDF and PowerPoint files and compress them to…+
In the 'Q4 Reports' folder, find all the large PDF and PowerPoint files and compress them to reduce their size. Leave the Word documents alone.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
BImprove — make it easier to acceptBefore we archive the 'Project Apollo Final Deliverables' folder, review all the files inside.…+
Before we archive the 'Project Apollo Final Deliverables' folder, review all the files inside. Compress only the image files (JPG, PNG, TIFF) and large video files (MP4, MOV) to save storage space, but ensure they remain readable for future reference. Don't touch any of the source code files.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentThe shared drive for Project Gemini is redlining, and I just got an urgent email from IT. I…+
I just got an email that the shared drive for Project Gemini is almost full, and I need to clear space before Friday's backup.
The shared drive for Project Gemini is redlining, and I just got an urgent email from IT. I need to free up a significant amount of space before Friday's backup. There are tons of old image and video files in there, but also critical reports and code. I'm afraid to just compress everything and accidentally corrupt something important. What's the fastest, safest way to identify and compress only the largest, non-critical media files in that folder to hit my target without risking data integrity?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI keep getting warnings about shared drive space, and it's always because old project folders…+
My shared folders are always filling up with uncompressed files, causing storage warnings and slow access.
I keep getting warnings about shared drive space, and it's always because old project folders are bloated with large, uncompressed media files. It slows down everyone's access and takes forever to back up. What's one routine or automated check I can implement to proactively manage file sizes in these project folders, so I'm not scrambling to compress things last minute before a system alert?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

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Every task here was seen in the real world. Someone doing the job named it, a real job ad asked for it, or a lot of people asked about it online.

If nothing real showed a task, it is not on the page. That is the whole rule.

They are the same job approached four ways, because what you need depends on where you are.

Get it done today. Make it easy for the next person to say yes to. Work out the right move when you are stuck. Learn the pattern so the job stops coming back.

For most of these jobs it can carry the heavy thinking - draft it, sort it, check it, rehearse it with you.

It cannot sit in your chair, take the blame when a number is wrong, or notice what nobody wrote down. Let it do the first 80%. Keep the last 20% that is truly yours.

No. Copy any prompt and paste it into the AI you already use. No account, no score, no wall in the way.

Any of them. The prompts describe the work rather than naming a product, so they are not tied to one assistant.

That is also why they keep working when you switch.

Change it freely. Every prompt is a starting line, not a rule.

Put in your real numbers, your real names and your real deadline. The more you make it yours, the better the answer comes back.

The tasks come from real job ads, published job data and the questions people ask in public forums.

The steps come from Alteryx's own documentation, with practitioner sources for the traps the manual does not mention.

Push once. Ask it to sharpen the weakest part and to say what it assumed.

Most wrong answers come from a missing detail rather than a bad prompt - tell it the thing it could not know.