Compatibility
Plain-text prompt for ChatGPT, Claude or Codex. No connector, file access or execution capability is implied.
How to use it
- Replace every bracketed field with your outcome, audience, current tools, constraints and available evidence.
- Paste the prompt into your chosen assistant. Leave out private customer data and credentials.
- Answer questions that change the scope, then check the proposed acceptance criteria yourself.
- Use the first implementation task in your coding tool or bring the brief to University for feedback.
Example
What you get
A brief with a concrete result, user flow, acceptance checks and an explicit first task.
Limits
- The same text can be used across the listed assistants, but their features and responses differ.
- This prompt does not provide browser access, connectors or a project management integration.
- A generated estimate is an assumption until checked against the actual work.
Download
The file is our own work, under the MIT license. Download project-brief.txt.
Help me turn this project into a concrete brief.
Outcome: [what should work]
Audience: [who will use it]
Current setup: [tools and existing files]
Constraints: [budget, deadline, privacy and release limits]
Evidence available: [links or non-sensitive examples]
First separate confirmed facts from assumptions. Ask only questions that change the scope. Then give me: the smallest useful result, user steps, acceptance checks, dependencies, risks and a first implementation task. Do not invent integrations, statistics, customer claims or completed work. Identify what needs external verification. Do not execute or publish anything from this brief.Status
Version 1.0.0, updated 2026-10-09. Review status: reviewed. Original instructions reviewed and file structure validated locally. Client installation and account-specific execution are not certified.
Sources
- ChatGPT prompting guidance by OpenAI. Reference only.