What Is It?

With the primer method, we can feed ChatGPT some source text to analyze before probing it with further prompts. This method has many benefits for copywriting, document analysis, editing, and many more.

Use Cases

There are almost unlimited uses for the primer method, but some of the most useful ones are listed below.

• Writing style analysis and replication
• Providing counter arguments
• Summarizing for easier understanding
• Text editing

💡 Examples

<aside> ⌨️ Please read the following text and analyze its style. I want you to replicate this style to answer any follow up prompts I ask, until I tell you we have stopped.

”[PASTE SOURCE TEXT HERE]”

</aside>

<aside> ⌨️ Please read the following text on The Great Depression and provide me with counter arguments to the main points raised, paying particular attention to the causes.

”[PASTE SOURCE TEXT HERE]”

</aside>

<aside> ⌨️ Please read the following text on The Cold War and summarize the main points into 5 bullet points that could be understood by a 10 year old child.

”[PASTE SOURCE TEXT HERE]”

</aside>

<aside> ⌨️ Please read the following legal text. It is too complicated for me to understand. Once you have read it, please confirm, and I will follow up with some questions.

”[PASTE SOURCE TEXT HERE]”

</aside>