Your first task
How to ask the web chat so it does what you meant, what you get back, and what to do with it.
Asking
Say what should come out at the end, not the steps to get there. Give it the material with the question: attach the file, paste the text, describe the situation in two lines. The clearer the result you name, the less there is to put right afterwards.
| Good | Why |
|---|---|
| Read the PDF I attached and pull out the five numbers that matter. | One file, one result, in plain words. |
| Draft a reply to this email: friendly, under 120 words. | The tone and the length are set, so it does not guess. |
| What changed in Swiss VAT this year? Cite your sources. | Something current, and web search is always on. |
| Make my business better. | Vague. Better how, and with what in front of it? |
While it answers
The answer arrives as it is written, so you read the beginning before the end exists. Stop halts it, and what has already arrived stays in the chat. Under the last answer, regenerate asks the same thing again — worth a press when the first attempt took a wrong turn.
After
The chat keeps the conversation, so a follow-up needs no repeating: "shorter", "in German", "now write the email that goes with it". Copy under an answer puts it on your clipboard, Ctrl+Shift+O starts a fresh chat, and every chat is saved to your account, so it is waiting on the next computer you log in on.
Good first tasks
- Paste a long report and ask for the five things worth acting on.
- Attach a screenshot of an error and ask what it means.
- Hand it a messy list of names and addresses and ask for a clean table.
- Give it your deadlines for the week, ask for a plan, then ask for the email that tells everyone.
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