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title: 'Master the Perfect ChatGPT Prompt Formula (in just 8 minutes)!'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=jC4v5AS4RIM'
video_id: 'jC4v5AS4RIM'
date: 2026-06-14
duration_sec: 510
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# Master the Perfect ChatGPT Prompt Formula (in just 8 minutes)!

> Source: [Master the Perfect ChatGPT Prompt Formula (in just 8 minutes)!](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jC4v5AS4RIM)

## Summary

This video presents a six-component formula for crafting effective prompts on ChatGPT and Google Bard. The formula includes task, context, exemplars, persona, format, and tone, ordered by importance. The presenter demonstrates how to apply these components with practical examples to generate high-quality outputs.

### Key Points

- **Introduction to the Prompt Formula** [00:00] — The video claims to share the only formula needed to master prompting on ChatGPT and Google Bard, consisting of six building blocks.
- **Six Components Overview** [00:27] — The six components are task, context, exemplars, persona, format, and tone, with an order of importance.
- **Hierarchy of Components** [00:50] — Task is mandatory, context and exemplars are important, persona, format, and tone are nice to have.
- **Task Component** [01:44] — Start the task with an action verb and clearly articulate the end goal.
- **Context Component** [02:09] — Provide just enough information by asking: user's background, what success looks like, and environment.
- **Exemplars Component** [03:06] — Including examples or frameworks improves output quality. Examples: resume bullet points, interview answers, job descriptions.
- **Persona Component** [04:31] — Assign a persona to the AI, such as a physical therapist or recruiter, to get tailored responses.
- **Format Component** [05:18] — Visualize the desired output format, e.g., table, email, bullet points, markdown.
- **Tone Component** [06:21] — Specify tone (casual, formal, witty) or ask the AI to suggest tone keywords.
- **Comprehensive Prompt Example** [07:07] — A full prompt combining all components: persona (senior PMM at Apple), context (Apple car launch), task (write email), format (with sections), and tone (confident yet friendly).

### Conclusion

Mastering the six-component formula—task, context, exemplars, persona, format, and tone—enables users to consistently generate high-quality, tailored outputs from AI language models.

## Transcript

I don't usually overhype myself but in
this video we're going over the only
formula you will ever need to master
prompting on ChatGPT and Google Bard
so let's get started hey friends welcome
back to channel if you're new here my
name is Jeff I work full-time in Tech
and if you're anything like me a couple
months ago you know prompting is an
important skill to learn but you're not
exactly sure why some prompts generate
outputs that are super generic While
others give you precisely what you're
looking for since then I've spent
hundreds of hours taking prompt
engineering courses and applying what
I've learned in my daily life and so in
this video I'm sharing the six building
blocks that make up a good prompt so
that you can use this formula to
consistently generate high quality
outputs first it's critical to not only
know what the six components are task
context exemplars Persona format and
tone but also know that there's an order
of importance to these six components to
show you what I mean let's use this
simple example I'm a 70kg male give me a
three-month training program the first
part is context followed by the task the
reason why the task is higher up in the
form of the hierarchy is if we just
input the task without the context
there's still some sort of meaningful
output but if we just give ChatGPT the
context nothing really happens put
another way it's mandatory to have a
task in your prompt it's important to
include relevant context and exemplars
and it's nice to have Persona format and
tone when you think of writing your
prompt go down this mental checklist so
this formula will act as a constant
reminder for you to include just enough
relevant information when writing
prompts and as you'll see in this next part
you do not need all six components in
every prompt to have a good output now
let's break down each building block
with specific examples starting with the
task the rule of thumb is to always
start the task sentence with an action
verb generate give write analyze Etc and
clearly articulate what your end goal is
it could be one simple task like
generating a three-month training
program or a complex three-step ask like
analyzing hundreds of user feedback
sharing the top three takeaways and
categorizing the feedback based on the
team responsible for following up the
second component context is the
trickiest to get right because
technically there's an infinite amount
of information you can give so I found
asking myself these three questions to
be super helpful in coming up with just
enough information to get a good result
from ChatGPT first what's the user's
background second what does success look
like and third what environment are they
in Back to the workout example we now
have I'm a 70kg male looking to put on
five kilograms of muscle mass over the
next three months I only have time to go
to the gym twice a week and for one hour
each session give me a three-month
training program to follow could I have
added more background information of
course only prioritize the muscle groups
that make me look good on Instagram
but the key to staying productive with
ChatGPT and Bard is giving just enough
information to constrain the endless
possibilities by the way although this
video is not sponsored it is supported
by those of you who subscribe to my paid
productivity newsletter on Google
workspace tips Link in the description
to learn more moving over to the
exemplars component it's just a fancy
way of saying examples basically all the
research on large language models LLMs
have shown that including examples
within the prompt drastically improves
the quality of the output starting with
a simple example this is a poorly written
bullet point from a resume we can now
ask ChatGPT to rewrite this bullet
point using this structure I accomplished
X by the measure y that resulted in Z
which is actually best practice by the
way so actually do this in your resume
for example I lowered Hospital mortality
rate by 10% by educating nurses in new
protocols which translates to 200 lives
saved per year here's a slightly more
complicated example for interview prep
based on my own resume write me an
answer to the interview question what's
your biggest weakness use the star
answer framework situation task action
and results here instead of using a
full-blown interview answer as an
example which would be overkill the star
framework acts as an example structure
for ChatGPT to follow last example
let's say you need to write a job
description you give some context around
the opening and ask ChatGPT to
reference an existing job description if
I use this one I found on LinkedIn the
output will follow the same formatting
and use the same professional HR-y
language saving me a bunch of time main
takeaway here exemplars are not
necessary for every prompt but including
a relevant example or framework will
greatly improve the quality of your
output moving along the Persona
component is basically who you want
ChatGPT and Bard to be and the pro tip
here is to think of someone you wish you
had instant access to with the task
you're facing if you enjoyed yourself
working out that person might be a
physical therapist with experience
helping athletes recover if you're a job
Seeker that person might be a recruiter
or hiring manager if you're working on a
creative brief that person might be a
senior product marketing manager who's
great at storytelling Pro tip you can
also name specific individuals but I
found the results to be good only when
they're famous enough like Warren
Buffett Steve Jobs Jeff Su
by the way I just have to share this we
have a team off-site with a superheroes
theme so I asked ChatGPT to draft an
email from Batman and it even included
things like please let Alfred know and
signed off as Your Dark Knight
um so fictional characters work as well
and I'm actually going to use this the
fifth component format the pro tip here
is to literally close your eyes and
visualize how exactly you want the end
result to look like a million likes on
my thirst bomb Instagram photo damn it
didn't work back to the user feedback
example I don't want to read each
sentence so I asked ChatGPT to take
all the feedback and output a table with
three headers the original feedback the
team responsible for following up and
priority and now I can copy this
directly and paste it into a Google
sheet sort by priority and filter by team
other common formats include emails
bullet points and code blocks but the
one I found to be the most useful as a
full-time working professional is
paragraphs and markdown for example I
just received a lengthy industry report
for my director first give me the three
key takeaways then summarize based on
topic use H2 as section headers here is
the report Pro tip whenever I use ChatGPT
to proofread any document I specify
that all changes need to be bolded so I
can easily see exactly what has been
changed let's quickly go through the
last component tone before we put all
this together in one example the good
news is tone is easy to understand use a
casual or formal tone of voice give me a
witty output show enthusiasm sound
pessimistic the bad news is we're
usually not very good at recalling the
thousands of potential adjectives and
adverbs at a moment's notice so here's a
pro tip tell ChatGPT the feeling
you're going for for example I'm writing
an email to a team I haven't worked with
before and I want to be taken seriously
without coming off as too stuck up and
cringy can you please give me a list of
five tone keywords I can include in a
prompt for ChatGPT and look now in the
actual prompt I can say use clear and
concise language and write in a friendly
get confident tone putting all this
together let's look at this
comprehensive prompt you are a senior
product marketing manager at Apple
Persona and you have just unveiled the
latest Apple product in collaboration
with Tesla the Apple car and received 12
000 pre-orders which is 200% higher than
Target context write an email to your
boss Tim Cookie sharing this positive
news task and format the email should
include at tl;dr too long didn't read
section project background why this
product came into existence business
results section quantifiable business
metrics and end with a section thanking
the product and Engineering teams
example structure use clear and concise
language and write in a confident yet
friendly tone tone note that if I had an
existing email to reference I could
delete the instructions around the
structure and simply tell ChatGPT the email
should follow the exact same format as a
one I'll share below and paste the email
from before by the way you can compare
the output from this prompt to that of a
simpler prompt I just launched a new
product at the Apple car I received 12
000 pre-orders please write an email to my
boss with this update there's a pretty
big difference in terms of how generic
and usable the end result is now that
you know the basics of prompting my next
video is going to take you from beginner
to Pro so make sure you're subscribed
for that check out my top five ChatGPT
productivity tips for work see you on
the next video in the meantime
have a great one