Issue #39 · November 2, 2026 · 3 min
Run a 10-minute weekly review and plan
Three minutes. One prompt, one word, one skill. This is the November 2, 2026 issue in full — the prompt, the word, the skill and the mistake.
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End of week, and you want to close out and set up the next one.
Act as my productivity coach. Here's my week: [what I did / didn't / what's pending]. Help me: (1) name what actually moved the needle; (2) what to drop or delegate; (3) my top 3 priorities for next week; (4) the one thing that, if done, makes the week a win. Be honest if I'm busy but not productive.
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Word of the DayTop-p (Nucleus Sampling)
Top-p limits the model to the smallest set of words whose combined probability reaches p, controlling output diversity.
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Try ThisTry This
Show, don't just tell. Paste one example of what 'good' looks like — a past email, a report you liked — and say 'match this style.' One example beats a paragraph of instructions.
Don't Do ThisDon't ask about a document you haven't given it
Asking "what does our returns policy say?" without pasting the policy invites the model to invent a plausible one, because answering is what it does.
Instead: Paste the source first and add: "Answer only from the text above. If the answer is not there, say 'not in the source'." You turn a guesser into a reader.
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