Templates
Templates are reusable prompts, checklists, worksheets and scorecards. They should be useful before any sign-up, with the full working copy gated only when there is something real to deliver.
Microsoft 365 outage card: one page for when Outlook and Teams are down
A one-page fallback card for small teams on Microsoft 365: who to phone, where to talk, this week's files offline, and what each AI assistant can still do when Outlook and Teams are down.
Record a PowerPoint cleanup as a Copilot skill
A recording checklist for Copilot's Record Skill in PowerPoint: one outcome, under 10 minutes, changes visible before Stop, instructions edited before Upload, and when to switch the skill off.
Update your RAID log from weekly meeting notes
A copy-and-paste prompt that updates a RAID log only where the meeting notes back it with a quote, with the columns and four checks that stop invented owners and quietly softened red risks.
Black Friday want list: set your price before the sale
Which? found 83% of products in Black Friday sales matched or beat their sale price at other times. Set your price from price history first, shortlist exact models with ChatGPT, then buy or walk away.
One-page catch-up sheet for your first day back
Back from half-term on Monday 2 November 2026? Rebuild what changed from the threads and files you've opened, with a prompt that leaves owners blank rather than guessing.
Fill in this sheet before AI fills in a browser form
Write down the tab, the details the assistant may use, the fields you'll keep and the pages that stay manual. Works with ChatGPT's browser extension or any assistant you've let into your browser.
One-page deck brief before any AI builds your slides
Copilot in PowerPoint may stop to ask about audience, length, template and imagery. Answer on one page first, with the only files the AI may use and the figures it mustn't change. Works in Claude and ChatGPT too.
ChatGPT locked chats: what they hide and what they don't
A security check for ChatGPT locked chats: which chats to lock, delete or move, what Memory keeps, why a PIN reset deletes everything, and why multi-factor sign-in (2FA) still matters.
Half-term AI activity pack: kid card and every prompt
Every prompt from the five half-term AI activities in one printable Word file: kid card, colouring sheets, comic, mystery game, Suno song and Codex gameshow, with a check for each.
Performance review evidence log
Six columns keep review claims checkable. Paste the rows into any AI chat with a prompt that drafts only from what you logged, for mid-year or year-end.
Check an energy fix against the Ofgem price cap
Log your own kWh and rates, cost a year on Ofgem's 1 October to 31 December 2026 cap and a year on the offer, and count exit fees before you switch.
Audit what Copilot infers from your work data
Microsoft 365 Copilot starts using work-data inferences in October 2026. One sheet sorts what Copilot, ChatGPT and Claude say they know, and a rule decides whether personalisation stays on.
One-page cover note to leave before half-term
Seven sections cover dates, cover person, work, decisions, risks, access and day one. The prompt marks empty cells as blanks and keeps passwords out.
AI meeting notes test kit: one meeting, 11 traps
An eight-minute recorded project meeting with 11 planted traps, the script and an answer key. Play it into any AI note taker and score what it writes.
The Handover: broken budget spreadsheet AI test kit
A ten-tab budget workbook with 40 deliberate faults, the one-line prompt, and a scorecard. Run it on whatever AI you use and see whether it tells you what it changed.
Steering Committee Test Pack: run the AI deck test yourself
The exact prompt, ten files of realistic project mess, a locked committee deck and the answer key to ten seeded traps. Run my AI deck test on your own tool.
AI Tool Test Log
A free Notion template for logging the AI tools you test: the task, what broke, and whether it is safe for real work. Duplicate it and keep your own.
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