10 AI Prompts to Help You Pick Up Where You Left Off

Whit Dubo

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10d • Ai Prompt Drops

One of the biggest productivity killers isn’t having too much to do. It’s getting interrupted. 😒

Then spending the next 30 minutes trying to remember what you were thinking before the interruption 🤔

Here are a few prompts that could help you get back into the flow faster.

1. Catch Me Up

Based on everything in this project, summarize where we left off, what we’ve already accomplished, and what we were trying to achieve.

2. Restore My Thinking

Assume I’ve been away from this project for several days. Help me get back into the same headspace by reminding me of the goals, important decisions, open questions, and recommended next steps.

3. Decision Recap

List every important decision we’ve already made and explain why we made it.

4. What’s Still Open?

Show me every unfinished task, unanswered question, and loose end related to this project.

5. Find My Next Step

If I only have 30 minutes today, what’s the single most important thing I should work on to move this project forward?

6. Reconnect the Ideas

Show me how all of these notes, conversations, and ideas connect. Point out anything that overlaps or could be combined.

7. Finish My Thought

Based on our previous conversations, what do you think I was trying to accomplish before I stopped?

8. Challenge My Plan

Review everything we’ve discussed and tell me where I might be overcomplicating the project or missing an easier path forward.

9. Prepare Me to Continue

Before we start working again, summarize the project, remind me of the current status, and ask me the three most important questions to help us move forward.

10. Create My Handoff Note

Summarize today’s work into a progress log that Future Me can read to immediately understand what we accomplished, what still needs attention, and exactly where to begin next time.

The goal isn’t to remember everything yourself.

The goal is to build a workflow where your AI remembers with you. Try it in Claude and compare the results on the different ai platforms you like to use.

-Whit 🫶🏽

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10 AI Prompts to Help You Pick Up Where You Left Off