Claude prompts you can copy and paste
These are free Claude prompts you can copy and paste into Claude by Anthropic. Each one is a complete, structured prompt with highlighted [BLANKS] for your own details, chosen for the work Claude is often used for: editing and analysing long documents, research, coding, structured analysis and thinking through decisions.
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How do you use these prompts in Claude?
- Paste the prompt into a new Claude chat, replace each [BLANK], and paste any long document or notes in full below it.
- For ongoing work, keep the prompt as a Project’s instructions so every chat in that Project starts with it.
- Claude handles long inputs well, so paste the source material itself rather than describing it.
- Ask Claude to list its assumptions before it answers when accuracy matters.
Claude prompts for writing and editing
- Teach AI to write in my personal styleAnalyzes samples of your writing and produces a reusable style guide, then writes in that voice.
- Write a clear how-to guide or user manualProduces step-by-step instructions people can actually follow, with prerequisites, troubleshooting, and warnings.
- Edit my writing to be clearer and tighter — in my own voiceLine-edits your draft for clarity and flow while keeping it sounding like you.
- Translate text so it sounds native, not translatedTranslates and localizes text for a specific audience while keeping meaning and tone.
- Check a document for inconsistencies and errorsReviews a document for contradictions, inconsistent numbers and terms, and gaps.
- Turn information into a clear recommendationBuilds a recommendation with options, reasoning, risks, and a clear ask.
- Write an executive-ready documentStructures a business document so senior readers get the point, the evidence, and the ask fast.
- Rewrite a message or document for a senior executiveRewrites for a time-poor senior reader: bottom line first, decisions clear, detail trimmed.
Claude prompts for research and summaries
- Synthesize many sources into one clear pictureCombines notes, papers, or articles into themes, insights, and open questions.
- Create a one-page briefing for a busy stakeholderCondenses material into a one-page brief a senior person can absorb in two minutes.
- Ask questions about a document — answers grounded only in itAnswers from the document only, with quotes, and says clearly when the answer isn't there.
- Turn what I read into actions I can takeConverts an article or book chapter into specific actions for your situation.
- Pull the most useful insights out of any contentExtracts the non-obvious, decision-useful ideas from articles, podcasts, books, or transcripts.
- Compare several sources and find where they disagreePuts sources side by side: agreements, contradictions, evidence quality, and what it means.
- Summarize a long document, article, or video transcriptA fast, faithful summary of anything long — the main points, what matters, and what to do with it.
- Format citations and references correctlyFormats or fixes references in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, or BibTeX.
Claude prompts for software development
- Implement a feature from a spec, with testsPlans and writes production-quality code for a feature, including tests and edge cases.
- Review my code for bugs, security, and qualityA thorough code review with prioritized findings and suggested fixes.
- Debug an error and find the root causeReproduces, isolates, and fixes a bug — with a test to prevent it coming back.
- Create a test plan and test casesA risk-based test strategy with test cases for functional, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Set up CI/CD and infrastructure as codeCI/CD pipelines and IaC templates with environments, checks, and rollback.
- Write an incident postmortem and runbookA blameless postmortem with timeline, root cause, actions, and a runbook update.
- Analyze security threats and vulnerabilitiesIdentifies vulnerabilities and threats and builds a prioritized remediation plan.
- Write documentation, a README, or API docsGenerates clear technical documentation from your code or notes.
Claude prompts for data and analysis
- Analyze a dataset and find what mattersExplores your data for patterns, segments, and outliers that matter for a decision.
- Compare performance across periods, teams, or productsSide-by-side performance comparison with drivers of the differences.
- Design a survey that gets honest, useful answersSurvey questions, scales, and structure that avoid bias and map to the decisions you need to make.
- Audit the quality of a datasetChecks completeness, accuracy, consistency, and fitness for purpose before you rely on the data.
- Build a forecast with clear assumptionsA transparent forecast (sales, demand, revenue) with assumptions, scenarios, and sensitivities.
- Turn an analysis into a story people act onShapes analysis into a clear narrative with one message and supporting evidence.
- Solve an Excel or Google Sheets problemGets you the right formula, pivot, or approach — with an explanation you can reuse.
- Write commentary for a dashboard or KPI reportWrites the 'so what' narrative executives need alongside a dashboard — for sales, marketing, HR, finance, ops, or support.
Claude prompts for thinking and decisions
- Compare options with a decision matrixScores options against weighted criteria so the trade-offs and the best choice are explicit.
- Brainstorm fresh ideas on any problemGenerates a wide range of ideas — including unconventional ones — then helps you pick the best.
- Write a decision memoLays out the decision, options, recommendation, risks, and what's needed from leaders.
- Steelman both sides of an argumentThe strongest honest case for each side of a debate, and where the real disagreement lies.
- Think out loud with a sharp thinking partnerAsks the questions that help you clarify a messy idea, situation, or plan.
- Make a decision with incomplete informationA pragmatic way to decide under uncertainty — what to assume, test, and watch.
- Map the trade-offs of a decisionMakes explicit what you gain and give up with each option.
- Build scenarios for an uncertain futurePlausible future scenarios, their signals, and what to do in each.
Claude prompts for legal and compliance
- Draft a contract from a term sheetA first-pass commercial contract built from agreed terms, for lawyer review.
- Review a contract and flag risky clausesA risk-ranked issues list, suggested redlines, and questions before you sign.
- Compare clauses across contract versionsSide-by-side comparison of what changed between drafts and why it matters.
- Write a legal research memoAn issue–rule–analysis–conclusion memo on a legal question.
- Assess the impact of a regulatory changeWhat a new rule requires, who it affects, and what must change.
- Draft a data protection impact assessment (DPIA)A DPIA draft for a new system or process handling personal data.
- Update a privacy notice and records of processingAligns your privacy notice and processing records with what you actually do with data.
- Review documents for due diligence red flagsA due diligence document review with red flags and follow-up questions.
Frequently asked questions
Do these prompts work with the free version of Claude?
Yes. They are plain-text prompts that work in the free and paid versions of Claude. Very long documents may need a plan with higher usage limits.
What is a good Claude prompt?
A good Claude prompt gives clear instructions, the full source material and the format you want back. Structured prompts with a role, context, task and format, like the ones on this page, give the most consistent results.
How do I use these prompts in Claude?
Open a prompt, copy it, paste it into a new Claude chat and replace each highlighted [BLANK]. You can also fill in the blanks on ThinkWithPrompt and open the finished prompt in Claude with one click.
Do these prompts work in ChatGPT and Gemini too?
Yes. Every prompt in the library works in ChatGPT, Gemini and other assistants.