How to write a great AI prompt (a 7-rule cheat sheet)

The 7 rules

1. Role: “You are a senior tax accountant.”
2. Goal: “I need to file ITR-3 for FY24.”
3. Inputs: list every number you have.
4. Constraints: “Indian tax law, no foreign assets.”
5. Output format: “Markdown table + 3-bullet recommendation.”
6. Examples: paste one if you can.
7. Tone: “Concise, no caveats.”

Bonus: chain prompts

Ask the model to reason first, then summarize. Quality goes up 20–40%.

Elevatools Prompt Optimizer applies all of these automatically.