Optional practice
Prompts to try.
Paste a prompt into an AI tool you already use. Keep the details fictional, change one thing, then compare the two results.
For the AI Lab session
Start with Role, Task, Context and Format. The nonprofit companion has three fictional starting prompts for messages, month-end requests and funder updates.
Open the R-T-C-F builder →Animate a short story
Create one self-contained HTML animation about a tiny creature carrying a seed through a grey city. Each helper brings part of the street to life. Use original canvas artwork, a warm paper background, and clear story stages. Include Add a helper, Pause, and Replay buttons. Make it work with a keyboard, reduced motion, and no internet connection.
Seed Courier was made with Claude Opus 5.5. Follow-up to try: “Make the pace slower without changing the story.”
Turn a notice into clear actions
Turn this fictional notice into clear actions. Preserve names, times, places, limits, optional items, and exceptions. Keep different roles separate. List missing details; do not guess them. Give each action its exact supporting source sentence. [Paste a fictional notice here.]
Compare the draft with the original. Did “optional” stay optional? Did every time keep its meaning?
Sketch a twenty-minute demo
Help me build a small browser demo for this fictional community task: [describe the task]. First suggest three ideas that fit twenty minutes of work. Recommend one and explain what a person will do on screen. Use prepared examples, clear labels, and a reset button. Keep the first version small enough to test.
Let someone else try it. Watch where they pause, then change that part.