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Automate a simple process

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.

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The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskCreate a script that reads sensor data from 'data_log_monday.csv', filters out any readings…+
Create a script that reads sensor data from 'data_log_monday.csv', filters out any readings above 100 degrees Celsius, and then saves the cleaned data to 'cleaned_monday.csv'.
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 I hand off this data processing script to Sarah in validation, make it more robust. It…+
Before I hand off this data processing script to Sarah in validation, make it more robust. It needs to handle missing values gracefully, provide a summary of how many rows were cleaned, and ensure it can process files with slightly different column names without breaking.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentMy script for analyzing daily production data keeps crashing when run on the new batch of logs,…+
My script for analyzing daily production data keeps crashing when run on the new batch of logs, and I can't figure out why.
My script for analyzing daily production data keeps crashing when run on the new batch of logs, and I can't figure out why. Production needs the daily report by 9 AM, and I'm already behind. I'm worried the new data format has changed subtly, and I can't tell my manager, David, that I'm stuck. What's the likely issue with the new logs causing the crash, and what's the best next step to get this script running reliably for the report?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI spend too much time manually re-running analyses whenever input parameters change, especially…+
I spend too much time manually re-running analyses whenever input parameters change.
I spend too much time manually re-running analyses whenever input parameters change, especially for the monthly performance reports. This leads to errors and delays for the executive team. I'm constantly losing accuracy when I forget a step. What habit should I change to automate these recurring analysis workflows more effectively, so I can trust the results and deliver on time?
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 MATLAB'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.