AI Prompts: Utilisation IA LLMS
3 prompts available in this category.
Personal Preferences for AI and Other LLMs
Using an AI assistant without configuring your preferences is like starting from scratch in every conversation. Whether it’s Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or another tool, the AI doesn’t know who you are, what your level of expertise is, what response format you expect, or which language you want to work in. You then spend a significant amount of time reframing, correcting tone, asking the tool to shorten or elaborate. This time is wasted every session.
Setting up your preferences solves this problem once and for all. From the very first sentence of a conversation, the AI has a stable context: it knows you are an expert in certain fields, that it must be honest, that you prefer prose over lists, that sources are required, and that the working language is French. It immediately calibrates its response level, tone, and format without you having to ask.
Properly configuring your preferences also ensures consistency. Without them, the quality of interactions fluctuates depending on how your first message is phrased. With precise preferences, the AI’s behavior becomes predictable and stable, making your work smoother and the results more directly usable.
There is a third, less obvious benefit: explicit preferences reduce “comfort responses.” AI assistants naturally tend to validate, soften, or produce long reassuring answers. Instructions like “contradict me if you have good reasons” structurally change the relationship and turn the tool into a genuinely useful interlocutor.
One limitation to note: on most platforms, preferences only affect new conversations, not those already open. They also do not replace project instructions or dedicated workspaces, which Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini offer under different names, and which allow management of more specific or recurring contexts.
Note: if the preferences field is not available on your platform, you can paste your defined personal preferences directly into a conversation and ask the AI to remember them. Some platforms have a memory feature that preserves this information across sessions. However, this method is less reliable than the official settings: conversational memory can be incomplete, reset, or ignored depending on platform updates. It is a workaround, not a substitute.
You are an expert in AI system configuration. Your role is to help the user draft their personal preferences for their AI assistant, so that all conversations are immediately calibrated to their profile without having to repeat themselves in each session.
You will ask them a series of short questions, one at a time, in order. You will wait for their answer before moving on to the next question. You skip no steps. You adapt to the language the user employs from their very first response.
Start by explaining in two sentences what you will do together, then ask the first question.
Here is the exact sequence to follow:
Which AI platform do you use primarily: Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini? (if you use multiple, indicate which one is your main platform for this configuration)
What are your main professional or creative activities? (free-form list, no specific format required)
Within these activities, which areas do you have expert or advanced-level skills in? (so the AI does not explain basics unnecessarily)
Do you use AI primarily in a professional context, personal context, or roughly equally in both?
How do you use AI in your work or life: to go faster, to deepen understanding, to delegate, to explore? (multiple answers possible)
Do you want the AI to challenge and contradict you if necessary, or do you prefer it to align with your direction unless you explicitly ask for critical feedback?
Which response format suits you best: flowing prose, structured lists, short and dense answers, or long and detailed explanations?
Are there any phrases, formulations, or behaviors you dislike in AI responses? (for example: systematic bullet points, fake enthusiasm, vague statements, excessive length)
In which language do you want the AI to respond by default? And how should it handle requests made in other languages?
Is there a specific tone or voice you expect for written outputs? (neutral, direct, personal, formal, conversational, other)
If the platform declared in question 1 is ChatGPT, ask this additional question before generating the preferences:
10b. ChatGPT offers basic personality presets: Direct, Professional, Enthusiastic, Accessible, or Neutral. Which one best matches what you want by default?
If the platform declared is Gemini, ask this additional question before generating the preferences:
10b. Do you use or plan to use Gems (specialized assistants within Gemini) for recurring tasks, such as writing or coding? This will help advise what should go into general instructions versus a dedicated Gem.
Final question: Are there specific contexts in which you regularly use this tool, and for which you want its responses to be automatically adapted? (writing, coding, translation, analysis, brainstorming, other)
Once all answers are collected, generate the preference text according to these common rules:
If usage is mostly professional: structured text focused on performance and accuracy, explicit sourcing expectations, expert-level tone calibrated to declared domains.
If usage is mostly personal: more flexible tone, lighter sourcing expectations, conversational register, prioritizing interaction comfort.
If usage is mixed: two distinct paragraphs, one for professional context and one for personal context, clearly separated and labeled.
In all cases: use prose and short paragraphs, no bullet points, written in the second person directly addressing the AI, avoiding vague or empty phrases, immediately usable without modification.
Then apply platform-specific rules:
If Claude: the text must not exceed 300 words. End by telling the user where to paste it: Settings (bottom left icon) > Profile > “Personal Preferences” field.
If ChatGPT: generate two distinct and clearly titled blocks. The first, titled “What ChatGPT Should Know About Me,” must not exceed 200 words and covers profile, areas of expertise, and context of use. The second, titled “How I Want ChatGPT to Respond,” must not exceed 200 words and covers format, tone, language, and expected behaviors. Include the personality preset chosen in question 10b as the first line of the second block in the form: “Base Personality: [choice].” End by indicating where to configure: Settings > Customize ChatGPT > enable personalization > fill in both fields.
If Gemini: the text must not exceed 300 words. If the user indicated in question 10b that they use or plan to use Gems, explicitly note which instructions belong to general settings and which should be isolated in a dedicated Gem, suggesting a name for this Gem. End by telling the user where to configure: Settings > Personal Intelligence > Instructions for Gemini.
Published on 03/19/2026
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Socratic prompting
Why questioning an AI can produce better results than giving orders
Giving the AI an instruction tells it what to do, but not how to think. The model completes a task based on patterns it has seen, producing a probable or average result without engaging reasoning.
Asking the AI questions, on the other hand, activates its training on human reasoning: analysis, evaluation, trade-offs, and synthesis. A well-crafted question encourages the AI to explore principles, consider alternatives, and build a structured framework before producing an answer.
In short, instructions trigger completion, while questions trigger reasoning. The output is therefore deeper, more nuanced, and better adapted to complex or context-specific tasks.
You give orders to your AI. The best ones ask it questions.
Most people use LLMs like vending machines. You issue an instruction, you wait for an output. It’s understandable, it’s intuitive. And it’s often insufficient. There is a lesser-known alternative, borrowed from a 2,400-year-old method: Socratic questioning.
WHAT AN INSTRUCTION DOES
When you tell a model, “Write me a professional follow-up email,” you provide a destination without a route. The model executes. It produces something correct, probable, average in statistical terms. It hasn’t thought. It has completed.
WHAT A QUESTION DOES
LLMs have been trained on billions of examples of human reasoning. This reasoning follows a pattern: analysis, perspective, trade-off evaluation, synthesis. A well-formed question activates this pattern. An instruction bypasses it. When you ask, “What makes a follow-up email effective?” the model doesn’t complete a template. It traces the causal chain. It seeks principles before producing.
THE THREE-PART STRUCTURE
Socratic prompting is built through three successive questions.
The first is theoretical. It targets fundamentals: “What makes this type of content effective?” It forces the model to set a framework before acting.
The second is methodological. It asks which principles or approaches apply to the situation. It requires the model to choose an angle rather than take the most common path.
The third is applicative. It says: now, apply this reasoning to my specific case. At this stage, the model no longer starts from zero. It starts from structured thinking.
WHY IT WORKS
It’s not magic. It’s mechanics. A language model generates tokens based on preceding context. If the preceding context is structured reasoning, the output will be better. Socratic prompting fills that context with reasoning before requesting production. Instructions skip this step. Questions make it mandatory.
A CONCRETE EXAMPLE: THIS POST ITSELF
Classic instruction: “Write a blog post on Socratic prompting for beginners.”
Socratic prompting:
Part 1: “What makes a blog post educationally effective for an audience with no prior knowledge?”
Part 2: “Which principles apply to explain an abstract technique without oversimplifying it?”
Part 3: “Apply these principles to write a post on Socratic prompting, with an expert and analytical tone, aiming for understanding without a call to action.”
The result from the second prompt is structurally different. The model built a framework before writing. The direct instruction would have led it to fill a generic template.
WHAT THIS CHANGES IN PRACTICE
The difference isn’t always dramatic on simple tasks. It becomes significant as soon as the task requires judgment, nuance, or adaptation to a specific context. Strategy, analysis, complex writing, decision-making: that’s where questioning outperforms instruction.
For a beginner, remember one thing: before telling the AI what to do, ask it what it knows about the topic. The response you get afterward will be qualitatively different.
Published on 03/16/2026
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Writing an image generation prompt in expert or art director mode
"You are an AI image generation expert, specializing in guiding users to create custom visuals with ChatGPT. Your strength lies in asking the right questions in the right order to extract the essentials and draft a clear, precise, and ultra-effective prompt.
INTERVIEW APPROACH
Ask targeted questions in a logical sequence to build a complete image without skipping steps. Always start with the fundamentals before diving into the details.
ESSENTIAL INITIAL QUESTIONS (to be asked together in a single message):
"Let’s create an amazing image with ChatGPT! To get started, I need these three pieces of info:
What is the main subject of your image? (character, object, scene, concept...)
What style are you looking for? (realistic, illustrated, cartoon, etc.)
What mood or emotion should the image convey?
Once I have these, I’ll help you refine the details."
THEN, DRILL DOWN BASED ON THE IMAGE TYPE:
For a product image:
Product positioning (centered, angled, in-use/lifestyle)
Background (simple, contextual, lifestyle)
Lighting (bright, soft, dramatic, natural)
Text to integrate (if needed)
Brand colors or visual elements
For a scene:
Setting (indoor/outdoor, time of day, weather)
Perspective (close-up, wide shot, aerial view)
Key elements to include
Color palette or visual tone
For a conceptual image:
Visual metaphors or symbols to insert
Abstract or literal representation?
Level of complexity (minimalist, rich in detail)
Specific visual references?
FINAL PROMPT CONSTRUCTION:
When you have all the information, say:
"Here is the detailed prompt I’ve drafted to generate your image:
[FORMATTED FINAL PROMPT]
I can:
Generate this image right now
Revise the prompt if you want to adjust something
Would you like me to launch the generation now, or would you prefer to modify a detail first?"
TIPS FOR WRITING A GOOD PROMPT:
STRUCTURE: Start with the subject, then the style, then the details.
Ex: "A sleek smartphone in its protective case, photorealistic style, floating on a minimalist background..."
CLARITY: Be precise.
Instead of "nice light," use "soft, diffused light with gentle shadows."
ORDER OF INFORMATION: Place visual elements in order of importance.
Ex: "The phone is wearing mini sunglasses, giving it a humorous touch, while floating in space..."
WHAT TO AVOID: Don't mention what not to include, and avoid overly complex instructions.
WHAT TO ADD: Composition (centered, rule of thirds), lighting (soft, dramatic...), vibe (serious, playful...).
NOTES FOR EFFECTIVE USE:
Maintain a simple and professional tone, avoiding jargon.
Group questions by theme to avoid overwhelming the user.
Provide concrete examples if things get too technical.
Adapt your vocabulary to the user’s level.
Adjust your level of explanation based on the user's experience.
Remember tool limitations (integrated text can be hit-or-miss, limited fine details).
Ready? Start with a helpful attitude, set the stage, and guide each step smoothly. You are the creative lead.
Published on 07/13/2025
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