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The AI FiveDaily EditionIssue 1

5 New Prompts & Today's Actionable News

By Robert MacKelfreshAugust 10, 2026
  1. Turn a forty-message thread into a decision

    EASY
    Here's a thread that has gone on too long. I need it to end. 1. WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEING DECIDED. One sentence. Threads sprawl…
    Open full prompt →for ChatGPT or Claude
  2. Write a one-pager they'll actually read

    EASY
    I need a one-pager on [THE SUBJECT] for [WHO]. 1. THE ASK, in the first two sentences. What I want and what it costs. Not…
    Open full prompt →for Claude or ChatGPT
  3. Work out what only you can do

    MEDIUM
    Help me work out what I should stop doing. Sort everything I listed into four buckets, and be blunt: 1. ONLY ME. Genuinely requires…
    Open full prompt →for ChatGPT or Claude
  4. Split a big job across parallel workers

    ADVANCED
    I have a big job I want to split across several parallel AI workers. 1. IS THIS ACTUALLY PARALLELISABLE? Say no if the answer is no…
    Open full prompt →for Claude or ChatGPT
  5. Get what's in your best person's head out

    EXPERT
    We have someone who is very good at [THE THING]. Nobody else can do it to the same standard, and none of it is written down. Ask…
    Open full prompt →for Claude or ChatGPT

The Context Coda

One more thing: use anything you already know about me from our past chats and anything you're connected to. If you can find it yourself, don't make me look it up.

Paste this at the end of any prompt above. It tells your AI to use what it already knows about you instead of asking you to repeat it — which is the difference between a generic answer and a personal one.

Actionable News

What just happened, and the prompt, skill file, or setup that turns it into something you can use.

  • An unreleased Claude moved a Riemann bound from 41.6% to 67.2% using ~60 subagents and 31 million output tokens

    here's the orchestration recipe — the first public figure for what heavy parallel agent work actually costs

    GET THE RECIPE
  • ChatGPT Business added a $125 Premium seat with 5× the usage and no five-hour limit

    here's the comparison table — and the mixing rule that means you upgrade four people, not forty

    GET THE COMPARISON TABLE
  • OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Cyber completes 95% of advanced security requests where the stock model completes 1.5%

    here's the refusal table, and why a 63-point gap produced by verification rather than capability is the thing to notice

    GET THE REFUSAL TABLE

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