5 New Prompts & Today's Actionable News
By Robert MacKelfresh — August 13, 2026Understand it well enough to present it
EASYI have to explain [THE THING] to [WHO] on [WHEN]. I half understand it. Half is not enough to stand in front of people with. Don't give…Open full prompt →for ChatGPT or ClaudeWrite the message you keep putting off
EASYThere's a message I've been avoiding sending. Help me write it. Before drafting, tell me one thing: what am I actually afraid of…Open full prompt →for ChatGPT or ClaudeFind the task hiding in your calendar
MEDIUMLook at my calendar for the last [HOW MANY] weeks. I'm looking for what repeats, not what happened. 1. THE PATTERNS. Group my time…Open full prompt →for ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini (with calendar access)Turn your last mistake into a checklist
ADVANCEDSomething went wrong. I want a checklist out of it, not a feeling about it. 1. THE TIMELINE. Reconstruct it as a sequence of…Open full prompt →for Claude or ChatGPTRun a pre-mortem before you commit
EXPERTIt's [PICK A DATE, 6-12 MONTHS OUT]. This failed. Not "underperformed" — failed, visibly, in a way people are talking about. Write the…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.
ChatGPT for Mac can now turn your whole working day into searchable memories, if you switch it on
here's what it records, what it doesn't, the two retention clocks, and why your admin might decide this for you
CHANGELOG MAPClaude Code now forks subagents by default and lets one session message another
here's the changelog map, the opt-out variable, and the two Windows permission-bypass fixes you should update for
Amazon Quick is now generally available inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, at no extra licensing cost
→here's the capability table — and the question that decides it, which is whether you already pay for Quick
GET THE CAPABILITY TABLEOpenAI's Ultrafast preview runs GPT-5.6 Sol at up to 750 tokens a second, about 14× the standard tier
→here's the speed table and the honest catch — no price, no GA date, so measure your own baseline before you care
GET THE SPEED TABLEOpenAI's Daybreak Red and Blue cyber models are on Amazon Bedrock, behind identity verification
→here's the access map and the governance pattern worth stealing even if you'll never qualify for the product
GET THE ACCESS MAP
The AI Five is published by Automation Squad. Every prompt is written from scratch and every claim links to a primary source. Corrections: [email protected].