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AI Prompt Strategies Summary

Aug 17, 2025

Summary

  • The session covered three high-impact AI prompt strategies designed to boost accuracy, creativity, and continuity in business applications.
  • Key frameworks discussed were the CCC (Context, Constraints, Criteria) method with self-verification, creative role-based brainstorming, and prompt-based continuity for simulated AI memory.
  • Practical example prompts were provided alongside quick variations for each approach.
  • Attendees were encouraged to experiment with these moves, join a free AI-focused community, and access a free advanced prompt engineering guide offered by HubSpot.

Action Items

  • N/A: No explicit owner-assigned action items or deadlines were mentioned in the transcript.

AI Prompt 1: Accuracy and Truth (CCC Framework & Self-Verification)

  • Emphasized the importance of using AI as a factual accuracy partner rather than a "yesman."
  • Introduced the CCC framework: Context (define background), Constraints (set source, date, scope), and Criteria (spell out what makes a good answer, e.g., separate facts from inferences, cite sources, provide confidence scores).
  • Layering with self-verification requires the AI to check the quality of its response before delivering it by auditing for assumptions, providing sources, highlighting biases, and offering confidence ratings.
  • Provided both a gold-standard long prompt and several quick variations for fact-checking, bias detection, requesting multiple perspectives, and confidence ratings.
  • Mentioned additional free resources (HubSpot’s prompt engineering guide) for advanced techniques.

AI Prompt 2: Creativity & Brainstorming

  • Addressed the problem of generic responses resulting from generic prompts.
  • Recommended assigning the AI a creative role, applying unique constraints, and invoking contrast/mashups for idea generation.
  • Outlined example prompt structures that encourage lateral thinking, wild ideas, and pattern recognition.
  • Suggested quick variations: idea stretch (push beyond obvious), role swap (famous or fictional character’s view), industry mashup, and constraint-driven brainstorming.
  • Reinforced that unique questions yield unique (and better) answers.

AI Prompt 3: AI Memory & Context Continuity

  • Highlighted that AI's lack of memory disrupts workflow continuity and leverage.
  • Advised users to summarize each session’s key decisions, style, and goals, and feed this recap into the start of subsequent sessions (“context injection”).
  • Provided prompt templates for recaps, style/voice consistency, and ongoing project tracking.
  • Encouraged building habit of using continuity prompts to accelerate compound intelligence and productivity.

Decisions

  • Share three key prompt frameworks for AI use — To maximize AI impact in business through improved accuracy, creativity, and continuity.
  • Promote free HubSpot prompt engineering resource and AI community participation — Provides extended learning beyond the session and ongoing peer collaboration.

Open Questions / Follow-Ups

  • No explicit open questions or pending issues were noted in the transcript. Attendees are encouraged to experiment and provide feedback in the accompanying community.