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    Maverick's ChatGPT Secret Codes (PT 2): 100 Prompt Shortcuts

    100 more slash commands and shortcut codes - writing clarity, analysis, productivity, thinking, persuasion, research, content, strategy, frameworks, and power commands.

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    Each code below changes how ChatGPT responds by forcing a specific mode, format, or reasoning pattern. Here are 100 more shortcuts organized into ten categories.

    Writing & Clarity

    Prompt 1 · Copy & paste
    CONCISE     - Strips the answer to the shortest version with zero filler
    /tighten    - Removes weak words and makes every sentence hit harder
    /bold       - Makes writing confident and assertive with no hedging
    /storytell  - Turns dry information into an engaging story
    PUNCHLINE   - Ends every point with a strong memorable line
    /rhythm     - Varies sentence length for natural reading flow
    /cut        - Removes the bottom 50% of least important content
    PLAIN       - Rewrites using only common everyday words
    /emotive    - Adds emotional weight to flat factual writing
    /sharpen    - Makes vague language specific and precise

    Analysis & Decisions

    Prompt 2 · Copy & paste
    STEELMAN        - Argues the strongest version of your idea
    ASSUMPTIONS     - Lists every hidden assumption in the answer
    RANK            - Rates every option and tells you the single best one
    DEVILSADVOCATE  - Takes the opposing side and pokes holes in it
    RISK            - Surfaces every way this could go wrong
    FORECAST        - Maps the three most likely outcomes
    MATRIX          - Plots options on a two-by-two grid
    TRADEOFF        - Shows exactly what you gain and lose with each option
    WEIGHTED        - Scores each option across criteria with weighted totals
    VERDICT         - Stops listing options and picks one definitively

    Productivity & Output

    Prompt 3 · Copy & paste
    CHECKLIST   - Turns any answer into a step-by-step checklist
    SUMMARIZE   - Compresses any long answer into just key points
    GAPS        - Tells you important things you forgot to ask
    BATCH       - Groups related tasks to knock out at once
    PRIORITIZE  - Sorts everything by actual importance
    DELEGATE    - Rewrites any task so someone else could do it
    SOP         - Turns the response into a reusable standard procedure
    TEMPLATE    - Converts the answer into a fill-in-the-blank template
    ACTIONITEMS - Pulls every to-do out of a long response
    NEXTMOVE    - Skips explanation and tells you the single next thing to do

    Thinking & Reasoning

    Prompt 4 · Copy & paste
    5WHY            - Asks why five times to dig to the root cause
    /inversion      - Solves by thinking about guaranteed failure and doing the opposite
    CONSEQUENCEMAP  - Maps second and third order effects of any decision
    /thesis        - States one clear argument and builds around proving it
    FALSIFY         - Tries to disprove its own answer to test if it holds
    /reductio      - Takes an idea to its logical extreme to test it
    CONTRARIAN     - Takes the opposite position of the mainstream view
    SYNTHESIS      - Combines two opposing ideas into a new third option
    DILEMMA        - Frames the problem as a genuine tradeoff
    ROOTCAUSE      - Digs past symptoms to find the single underlying problem

    Persuasion & Communication

    Prompt 5 · Copy & paste
    OBJECTIONS  - Lists every reason someone would say no and builds responses
    /frame      - Changes how information is positioned to shift perception
    /pitch      - Structures the message like a tight 60-second pitch
    /convince   - Rewrites using the most persuasive argument structure
    EMPATHY     - Leads with the audience's emotions and concerns first
    /proof      - Backs every claim with evidence or data
    ELEVATOR    - Compresses any idea into a 30-second elevator pitch
    REBUTTAL    - Builds a point-by-point response to every counterargument
    /spin       - Reframes a negative situation as a positive opportunity
    PERSUADE    - Restructures using proven psychological persuasion principles

    Research & Exploration

    Prompt 6 · Copy & paste
    /verify         - Checks every claim and flags anything not confident
    EVIDENCEBASED   - Only includes information backed by data or research
    /cite           - Adds a source reference after every factual statement
    DEEPRESEARCH    - Goes far beyond the surface with multi-angle investigation
    /scan           - Quickly surveys a topic and gives the full landscape
    BENCHMARK       - Compares performance against industry standards
    TRENDWATCH     - Identifies what is changing now and where it is heading
    CASESTUDY      - Finds a real-world example that proves or disproves the point
    /origins       - Traces an idea back to where it originally came from
    DATAONLY       - Strips all opinion and only gives raw facts and numbers

    Content & Creative

    Prompt 7 · Copy & paste
    HEADLINE     - Generates ten headline options ranked by click potential
    /opener      - Writes five different opening lines and picks the strongest
    CTA          - Creates multiple call-to-action options for any content
    /storyline   - Plans the full narrative arc before writing a word
    REPURPOSE    - Takes one piece of content and turns it into five formats
    EMAILSUBJECT - Generates high-open-rate subject line options for any email
    /monologue   - Writes the response as a spoken monologue ready for video
    LISTICLE     - Structures any topic as a numbered list article
    /twist       - Adds an unexpected turn to make content stand out
    SERIES       - Breaks one big topic into a planned multi-part series

    Strategy & Business

    Prompt 8 · Copy & paste
    MOAT         - Identifies what makes something defensible and hard to copy
    FLYWHEEL     - Maps a self-reinforcing growth loop
    POSITIONING  - Defines how to own a specific category or niche
    MONETIZE     - Finds every realistic way to turn something into revenue
    PIPELINE     - Builds a full funnel from first touch to final conversion
    COMPETITOR   - Analyzes competitors and finds the gap they are missing
    PRICING      - Breaks down the best pricing strategy with reasoning
    RETENTION    - Identifies why people leave and how to make them stay
    GROWTH       - Finds the fastest path to scale with the least resources
    UNFAIR       - Identifies your single biggest unfair advantage

    Frameworks & Models

    Prompt 9 · Copy & paste
    AIDA     - Attention, interest, desire, action for persuasion
    PAS      - Problem, agitation, solution to make the reader feel the pain
    BAB      - Before, after, bridge so the transformation is obvious
    STAR     - Situation, task, action, result
    RICE     - Scores ideas by reach, impact, confidence, and effort
    MECE     - Breaks a topic into categories that do not overlap and cover everything
    SMART    - Turns vague goals into specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, timebound targets
    SCQA     - Situation, complication, question, answer
    BLUF     - Bottom line up front before any explanation
    ERRC     - What to eliminate, reduce, raise, and create in any strategy

    Power Commands

    Prompt 10 · Copy & paste
    /unbiased    - Removes all personal lean for a truly neutral response
    ULTRATHINK  - Forces much longer and deeper reasoning before responding
    /calibrate  - Adjusts response style, depth, and tone to match exactly what you need
    V2          - Rewrites its own answer as a better second version
    /persona    - Makes ChatGPT respond as any specific type of expert you describe
    PREMORTEM   - Pretends your plan already failed and works backward to explain why
    /multiangle - Gives the same answer from three completely different perspectives
    BRUTALHONEST - Removes all politeness filters for the harshest, most real answer
    /adapt      - Detects your knowledge level and matches the response to it
    FINALANSWER - Commits to one definitive answer and refuses to hedge

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