One extra sentence — "now critique that" — routinely catches weak spots the first answer missed. It's a free second opinion from the same model.
A noticeably sharper second draft, for the cost of one follow-up message.
Models are often better at judging an answer than producing the best one on the first pass — asking for a self-review is a nearly free quality upgrade almost nobody uses.
Open the AI you use (in any chat). This works in all the popular ones.
Copy the prompt below, paste it in, and replace anything in [brackets] with your details.
Read what comes back and ask it to adjust — shorter, warmer, more detail. Two tweaks and it’s perfect.
This is a one-off you can run in any chat. The real magic is making it repeat — ask AI to do it every week, keep it as a living system, or have it build you a tool that does it for you. That jump from "neat trick" to "runs my work" is exactly what the ∞ apps are for.
Read the full story → 5 prompting habits straight from AI's own makers (not internet folklore)
Plus the printable AI Moves Starter Pack (PDF). No spam, just things that make you go "I had no idea."