5 New Prompts & Today's Actionable News
By Robert MacKelfresh — August 15, 2026The 200 words that upgrade every chat
EASYSave this to your memory about me, and use it in every future conversation unless I say otherwise. Who I am: I'm [YOUR FIRST NAME]…Open full prompt →for ChatGPT or ClaudeMake deep research earn its ten minutes
EASYUse deep research for this. Take the time you need. The decision I'm actually making: [WHAT YOU WILL DO DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON…Open full prompt →for ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini (deep research mode)Turn a messy folder into one briefing
MEDIUMI'm attaching [HOW MANY] files about [WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT]. They were written by different people, at different times, for different…Open full prompt →for Claude or ChatGPT (file upload)Make AI write its own instruction file
ADVANCEDWe're going to build a reusable instruction file for a task I do over and over, so I never have to explain it again — I'll just attach…Open full prompt →for Claude or ChatGPTGive an AI agent a hard stop rule
EXPERTYou're going to work on this on your own for a while. Before you start a single step, write out your plan and your stopping rules, and…Open full prompt →for Claude, ChatGPT agents, or any tool-using AI
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.
Microsoft starts retiring Copilot Group Chat, Mico and Labs from August 18
here's the ten-minute download pass to run before your account updates — the files other people shared do not migrate
MIGRATION MAPGoogle shuts down all three Imagen 4 models on August 17
here's the migration map, the one line you change, and where to search for it in n8n, Make and Zapier
DeepSeek's API prices rise at 16:00 UTC on August 16, split into peak and off-peak
→here's the full price table and the scheduled jobs worth moving tonight to halve the bill
GET THE PRICE TABLEAnthropic now watermarks Claude's text worldwide, and it survives copy-paste and translation
→here's exactly what it does and doesn't survive, plus the three-bucket sort for work you've already shipped
GET THE SURVIVAL TABLEGemini 3.7 Flash scores 30.4% on real business workflows, against 3.6 Flash's 17.0%
→here's the benchmark table, the January price change to diary, and the ten-run test for the automation you gave up on
GET THE BENCHMARK TABLE
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].