The manual Getting started

Getting started

What this manual offers

PROMPT MANUAL is a free, independent, privately run reference for communicating with AI. It brings together explanations, practical examples and ways to assess the answers you receive — for work and everyday life.

On this page

Find what helps you

You can look up a specific question or explore a topic in more depth. The manual covers making clear requests, providing useful context, working through a conversation, checking results and handling information carefully.

Some pages introduce a basic idea. Others show how it applies to a practical task.

Start wherever you like

There is no required order. You do not need to finish one section before opening another.

If you have a task in mind, go straight to a relevant example. If an answer surprises or confuses you, explore the pages about evaluating results. Follow the links when you want more detail, and return whenever a new question comes up.

Try ideas in your own conversations

Use the examples as starting points and adapt them to your situation. Try them with the AI service you already use, notice what happens and adjust your request.

The manual does not provide a built-in AI assistant. Different services and conversations may produce different results. No wording guarantees a correct or useful answer.

Keep your own judgement

AI can help you explore ideas and work on a task. You still decide what to share, what to question and what to use.

Throughout the manual, we encourage you to compare information, consult other sources and check important points before relying on an answer.

A project that keeps developing

Mario creates PROMPT MANUAL with his AI assistant Aik. Working on it is also a way for Mario to learn: asking questions, trying things and understanding more through the process.

Some pages may be marked as drafts. Their dates show when they were last updated. You are welcome to try the examples and tell us what helped, what was unclear or what needs correcting.

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