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Fit largest circle in free image area

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 taskFind the largest possible circle that fits within the white space of this image named…+
Find the largest possible circle that fits within the white space of this image named 'component_layout.png'. I need its center and radius for the assembly instructions.
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 finalize this PCB design, find the largest circle that fits in the available clear…+
Before I finalize this PCB design, find the largest circle that fits in the available clear area on 'board_design.png'. We need to place a new component there, and I want to maximize its size without overlapping existing traces or mounting holes.
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 place a new circular sensor on 'robot_chassis.jpg', but I'm not sure if it will…+
I'm trying to fit a new sensor into the remaining space on a design.
I'm trying to place a new circular sensor on 'robot_chassis.jpg', but I'm not sure if it will fit, or what the largest possible sensor diameter could be. The image has several existing components and obstacles. I need to find the largest clear circular area to determine the maximum sensor size. What's the best way to accurately identify that space and its dimensions?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI often struggle to efficiently determine the maximum size of circular components that can fit…+
I consistently struggle to optimize component placement in tight spaces.
I often struggle to efficiently determine the maximum size of circular components that can fit into complex, irregular free spaces on my designs. This leads to suboptimal layouts or wasted iterations. What habit should I develop to quickly and accurately identify the largest possible circular area within any given free space, ensuring better design utilization?
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.