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Create a new figure

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 new figure showing a 2D plot of 'temperature_data' against 'time_stamps', with…+
Create a new figure showing a 2D plot of 'temperature_data' against 'time_stamps', with 'Temperature (C)' on the y-axis and 'Time (s)' on the x-axis. Add a title 'Sensor Readings'.
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 acceptI need to visualize the 'stress_test_results' for the client meeting on Thursday, but it’s…+
I need to visualize the 'stress_test_results' for the client meeting on Thursday, but it’s crucial that the plot clearly highlights the failure points and is easy to interpret for non-technical people. Before I share it, create a new figure that not only plots the data but also automatically adds clear labels, a legend for different test runs, and visually emphasizes where the material exceeded its limits, so the buyer understands the risks immediately.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentI'm trying to create a figure to visualize 'pressure_sensor_readings' for the weekly team…+
My plot is showing unexpected gaps in the data, even though the source array looks continuous.
I'm trying to create a figure to visualize 'pressure_sensor_readings' for the weekly team update tomorrow, but the plot is showing strange gaps and discontinuities, even though the underlying data array seems perfectly continuous. I'm afraid the team will question the data integrity if the plot looks messy. What's the most likely reason for these visual gaps in a plot when the data appears contiguous, and what should I check first to make the plot smooth?
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 losing time trying to create clear and impactful figures for presentations, often ending…+
My plots often look cluttered or fail to convey the key insights effectively to a non-technical audience.
I keep losing time trying to create clear and impactful figures for presentations, often ending up with cluttered plots that don't effectively communicate the main insights to managers or clients. This impacts how my research is perceived. What habit should I change to consistently create figures that are not just technically correct but also visually compelling and easy for a non-technical audience to understand?
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.