Prompt cookbook

You don’t pick what Depost AI does from a menu — you describe what you want. This page maps intentions to phrasings that reliably get them. Copy one, change the specifics, send it.

Understand what’s working

You want	Say
A profile audit	”Audit my LinkedIn profile”
A read on recent posts	”Analyze my posts from the last 90 days”
Why the good ones worked	”What do my best-performing posts have in common?”
Gaps you’re not covering	”What am I not posting about that I should be?”
Your writing patterns	”What are the patterns in how I write?”
What to do more of	”Based on my numbers, what should I double down on?”
An answer about your own content	”Which of my posts mention pricing?”

Look outward

You want	Say
What’s working on LinkedIn	”What’s working on LinkedIn in my space right now?”
Hook patterns	”What hook structures show up in viral posts about AI?”
How you compare	”Benchmark my recent posts against viral trends and tell me what I’m missing”

Find something to write

You want	Say
Post ideas	”Give me 10 post ideas about hiring”
A new angle on an old topic	”I’ve written about pricing a lot — give me a fresh angle”
Something arguable	”What’s a contrarian take on remote work I could defend?”
Lead magnet concepts	”Lead magnet ideas for early-stage B2B founders”
Something visual	”What could I turn into an infographic this week?”
To be interviewed	”Interview me to come up with a post idea”

Write it

You want	Say
A post	”Write a LinkedIn post about why our first three hires failed, for early-stage founders, ending on a question”
Openings to choose from	”Give me five hooks for this”
A stronger ending	”Give me CTA options for this post”
A pinned comment	”Write a pinned comment for this”
A series	”Turn this into a series of four posts”
A script	”Write a short video script from this”
A lead magnet outline	”Turn this post into a lead magnet outline”

Note the shape of the post example: topic + audience + ending. Those three additions do more for a draft than any amount of rewriting afterwards.

Change what you have

You want	Say
A full rewrite	”Rewrite this, keep the point”
A better opening	”Improve the hook”
Easier reading	”Improve the readability”
Better order	”Improve the structure”
Shorter	”Make this shorter without losing the point”
Less machine-like	”Humanize this”
Sharper	”Sharpen this — same meaning, fewer words”
Evidence	”Add proof and concrete examples”
To sound like you	”Rewrite this in my brand voice”
To sound like your hits	”Rewrite this in the style of my best-performing posts”
A different audience	”Retarget this at agency owners”
A different register	”Make the tone more direct”
Your product mentioned	”Weave my product in naturally”
Less selling	”Make this less salesy”

Change the format

You want	Say
A carousel	”Turn this into a carousel”
An infographic	”Turn this post into an infographic”
A lead magnet	”Expand this into a lead magnet”
Teasers for a magnet	”Write teaser posts for this lead magnet”
A post from a carousel	”Turn this carousel into a post”
A script	”Turn this into a video script”
Everything at once	”Turn this idea into a multi-format pack”

Plan ahead

You want	Say
A week	”Plan my week of content”
A month on a theme	”Build me a month of content around agentic workflows”
A launch	”We launch on the 14th — plan the campaign around it”
Promotion	”Plan a week promoting my new guide without repeating myself”

Set your direction

You want	Say
See your strategy	”Show me my current strategy”
Have it critiqued	”Review my strategy”
Adjust a proposal	”Refine that — my audience is narrower than that”
Save a proposal	”Apply that”
Start over	”Reset my strategy”

A review proposes and waits. Nothing is saved until you say “apply that”. See your content strategy.

Make it remember

You want	Say
Keep something	”Save this”
Make it the default	”Save this as my default”
See what’s saved	”Show me my saved items”
Reuse it	”Use my saved hook style”
Keep ideas	”Save these ideas”
Revisit old ideas	”What ideas did I generate before?”

Visuals

You want	Say
An infographic	”Make an infographic about the three stages of content maturity”
One from a post	”Turn this post into an infographic”
Different wording first	”Change the middle section to talk about distribution” — before asking for the image
A carousel	”Build carousel content from this”

The habits that matter more than phrasing

Name the audience

Nearly every prompt above improves by adding “for [specific people]”.

One instruction at a time

Combined requests get done badly and you can’t tell which part went wrong.

Stay in the thread

Follow-ups inherit everything. Starting fresh throws it away.

Ask for more options than you need

Ten ideas, five hooks. Range costs nothing and short lists play safe.

Turn context off, not just on

All five sources start on. Narrowing them is often what fixes drifting output. See context.

How chat works

The surface all of these run on.

Give chat the right context

What each request is built from.

Getting Started

Chat

Visuals

Posts & Editor

Calendar

Inspiration

Library

Analytics

Engagement

Workspaces & Brands

Settings

MCP Connector

Workflows

Help

Understand what’s working

Look outward

Find something to write

Write it

Change what you have

Change the format

Plan ahead

Set your direction

Make it remember

Visuals

The habits that matter more than phrasing

How chat works

Give chat the right context

​Understand what’s working

​Look outward

​Find something to write

​Write it

​Change what you have

​Change the format

​Plan ahead

​Set your direction

​Make it remember

​Visuals

​The habits that matter more than phrasing

​Related

How chat works

Give chat the right context

Understand what’s working

Look outward

Find something to write

Write it

Change what you have

Change the format

Plan ahead

Set your direction

Make it remember

Visuals

The habits that matter more than phrasing

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