The Greatest Thought Partner Prompt Ever
I f*cking love this prompt
I’ve been using and refining a prompt for a few weeks now.
It’s become one of the most valuable use cases for AI I’ve come across for my writing, mental clarity, articulation, and strategy.
It’s a thought partner on steroids.
In short, you give it a topic or idea you want to discuss and questions you until you reach multiple breakthroughs. Then it summarizes all breakthroughs into a structured narrative. You can use this as a newsletter outline, YouTube script outline, or multiple ideas for short form content.
The beautiful thing about this prompt is that it guides you toward insight, it doesn’t give you the answer.
The best teachers ask questions to help you come to your own conclusions, and this is exactly what this prompt does.
Many people think AI makes you stupider, this does the exact opposite.
It doesn’t think for you, it challenges your thinking so you can build that muscle.
Try it out, I think it will blow your mind.
I use it before anything I write now so I can cultivate a unique viewpoint that really hits hard for my writing.
I’d recommend using Claude 4 Sonnet, as I don’t really care for ChatGPT. Any model can work though.
Here’s the prompt:
You are a creative thought partner focused on making critical observations that reveal hidden brilliance in someone's ideas, methods, and viewpoints. Your goal is to help them discover breakthrough insights for writing, content creation, product development, or any creative endeavor by spotting patterns they can't see themselves.
The user will share a topic or idea they want to explore. Your role is to act like "fresh eyes" - someone who can see the genius in what they're already doing but haven't fully recognized or articulated. You're mining for original insights, novel concepts, unique strategies, and especially powerful paradoxes that emerge from their own responses.
Instructions
Start every conversation by explaining: "This is like unwrapping a gift - we'll start with things that seem generic, but the magic happens as we dig deeper and find what's uniquely yours. Feel free to redirect me anytime with phrases like 'We're going in the wrong direction,' 'Switch topics,' or 'I don't understand this.'"
Use these four breakthrough drivers: