The ChatGPT Shortcut Playbook · PDF eBook · 181 pages

Stop Getting Generic Answers From ChatGPT.

Discover 215 reusable prompt shortcuts, practical commands and AI techniques that help you get clearer, more useful answers with less typing. Beginner friendly, no technical knowledge needed.

  • Get better results from your prompts.
  • Discover useful shortcuts and reusable instructions.
  • Save time with ready-to-use prompts and workflows.
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The problem

ChatGPT answers the question you asked, not the question you meant.

Most people use ChatGPT like a search box. They type a few words, get a general answer, then send follow-ups until it becomes useful. That is slow.

01 Typing vague questions
02 Receiving generic answers
03 Repeating the same instructions
04 Asking follow-up after follow-up
05 Not knowing which tools and shortcuts exist
06 Not knowing how to structure a good prompt
BEFORE · WEAK PROMPT

“Tell me about investing.”

No reader, no budget, no format. ChatGPT has to guess all three, so you get a generic answer.

AFTER · IMPROVED PROMPT

“I'm 30, new to investing and can save $300 a month. Explain index funds and term deposits in a table (risk, return, access to money). Educational only.”

Why it works: it names the reader, the budget, the comparison and the format. (Example from Chapter 1 of the book.)

The solution

Meet The ChatGPT Shortcut Playbook.

A practical, 181-page reference that shows you how to reach the useful answer sooner, using real shortcuts, built-in tools and reusable prompt prefixes, with a clear label on every one so you always know which is which.

Official ChatGPT features

BUILT IN
  • Keyboard shortcuts, e.g. Ctrl K opens the command menu in the desktop app
  • Slash commands, e.g. /status and /plan in the desktop app
  • Built-in tools: Search, Study Mode, Deep Research, Projects and more

Availability varies by device, region and plan. The book tells you what to confirm in your own account.

Custom prompt prefixes

YOUR CONVENTION
  • Short labels such as /short, /verify and /ghost
  • Reusable instructions that you define yourself
  • They work because ChatGPT reads them as ordinary instructions, not because a command exists

Custom prefixes are not official ChatGPT commands. The book says so on page after page.

Add the RTCFC prompt-writing framework and step-by-step prompt engineering examples, and you get one guide that covers every kind of “shortcut” people talk about, without mixing them up.

What you get inside

Twelve building blocks. One working system.

16 chapters, from the foundations to a practical 7-day challenge.

01

215 Custom Prompt Prefixes

A dictionary of reusable prefixes such as /short, /verify and /table, each with its meaning and a copy-and-paste example.

02

Official Keyboard Shortcuts

Desktop-app shortcuts for Windows and macOS, taken from OpenAI’s official page and marked VERIFIED, plus clearly labelled REPORTED web shortcuts.

03

Official Slash Commands

The commands in the app’s slash menu, with availability explained, plus look-alikes that are not official.

04

32 Shortcut Combinations

Prefixes combined into complete prompts, and how to handle conflicts when two prefixes pull in different directions.

05

41 Everyday Prompts

Ready-made prompts for emails, summaries, budgeting, meal plans, interviews, presentations, negotiating and more.

06

30 Business Prompts

Business planning, competitor research, SWOT, pricing models, project management, risk and customer feedback.

07

20 Content Creation Prompts

Prompts for Instagram, YouTube Shorts, TikTok scripts, X posts, captions, content calendars and SEO.

08

RTCFC Prompt Framework

Role, Task, Context, Format, Constraints, with ten before-and-after examples and a full worked improvement.

09

Finance and Investing Examples

Educational prompts for shares, options and investment-property cash flow, using hypothetical data. Not financial advice.

10

ChatGPT Tools and Features Tutorials

Search, Study Mode, Deep Research, Voice, file uploads, data analysis, Projects, Custom GPTs, Custom Instructions, Memory and Tasks.

11

Master Cheat Sheets

A one-page quick start, keyboard reference, feature activation reference and an alphabetical command index.

12

7-Day ChatGPT Mastery Challenge

Daily exercises with measurable outcomes, a 15-question assessment and an answer key.

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QUICK-START CHEAT SHEET · PAGE 5

Quick-Start Cheat Sheet

The 20 most useful items. Amber is a custom prefix, blue is official.

/short
Brief answer
/simple
Plain language
/verify
Flag what to confirm
/table
Answer as a table
Ctrl/⌘+K
Command menu
/status
Chat ID, context, limits

Excerpt, simplified. The full sheet lists 20 items.

OFFICIAL VERSUS CUSTOM · PAGE 14

Official versus custom

The difference that protects you from misinformation.

OFFICIAL
Built into ChatGPT
Appears in menus
Documented by OpenAI
Can change by plan
/status, /plan, Ctrl+K
CUSTOM
Invented by you or a book
Works as plain instructions
Does not switch on tools
/short, /ghost, /verify

Excerpt, simplified.

PROMPT ENGINEERING · PAGE 108

The RTCFC prompt framework

Five parts. Use only what the task needs.

RRole: what expertise should it apply?
TTask: what exactly should it do?
CContext: what background does it need?
FFormat: how should the output look?
CConstraints: what to include or avoid?
COPY AND PASTE
Act as [ROLE]. [TASK]. Context: [BACKGROUND, AUDIENCE, NUMBERS]. Format: [TABLE / BULLETS / WORD COUNT]. Constraints: [WHAT TO AVOID].
BEFORE AND AFTER · PAGE 10

Five before-and-after examples

WEAK PROMPT
Write an email.
IMPROVED PROMPT
Write a polite email to a client whose invoice is 14 days overdue. Keep it under 120 words and offer a payment plan.

Why it works: It gives the situation, the length and the goal.

Excerpt, simplified.

BUSINESS PROMPTS · PAGE 124

SWOT analysis

Ready-made prompts for professional and business workflows.

COPY AND PASTE · SWOT
Create a SWOT for [BUSINESS] in [MARKET]. Use specific points, not generic ones, and finish with three priority actions.

Prefixes that improve it CUSTOM
/SWOT /critical

Excerpt, simplified.

7-DAY MASTERY CHALLENGE · PAGE 175

Your 7-Day Mastery Challenge

20 to 30 minutes a day. Each day has an exercise, an example and a measurable outcome.

1 Prompts 2 Length 3 Accuracy 4 Combine 5 Features 6 Work 7 Your system
Day 2 example
/short /simple Explain inflation.

Excerpt, simplified.

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Who it helps

Designed for the Way You Use ChatGPT.

Different jobs, different prompts. Here is how the book's techniques can apply. Results depend on how you use them and on the answers you choose to verify.

Students and learners

Turn text into study notes with key terms and self-test questions, and learn how Study Mode and the “/eli5” style of prompt can support guided learning.

Business owners

Use ready-made prompts for business planning, competitor research, pricing models and SWOT analysis, then add a prefix like /critical to challenge your own plan.

Office workers and professionals

Draft polite follow-ups and meeting requests, summarise long documents and reports, and turn meetings into clear action points.

Content creators

Create carousels, short-video scripts, captions, headlines and content calendars, and repurpose one story into several formats.

Freelancers

Prepare sales proposals, work through pricing and negotiation approaches, and keep your own reusable prompt library for repeat tasks.

Researchers and everyday users

Use /sources, /verify and /assumptions to see what to check, and learn how Search and Deep Research fit into your workflow.

Investors and finance enthusiasts

Follow hypothetical worked examples such as price-to-earnings valuation and investment-property cash flow. Educational only, not advice.

Practical examples

Same request. Better instruction.

Four examples in the style of the book: a weak instruction, an improved one, and why the improved one gives ChatGPT more to work with.

Writing a professional email

FROM CHAPTER 1
WEAK INSTRUCTIONWrite an email.
IMPROVED INSTRUCTIONWrite a polite email to a client whose invoice is 14 days overdue. Keep it under 120 words and offer a payment plan.

Why it works: It gives ChatGPT the situation, the length and the goal, so it does not have to guess.

Analysing a business problem

FROM CHAPTER 8
WEAK INSTRUCTIONHow can I quote faster?
IMPROVED INSTRUCTIONAct as a small-business adviser. I run a commercial cleaning company with 12 staff in Brisbane. Our quoting takes two days. List five ways to speed it up, ranked by effort, in a table. Do not recommend specific paid products unless you explain the trade-off.

Why it works: It has a role, a task, local context, a format and a constraint, which the book shows are the parts that remove guesswork.

Creating social media content

FROM CHAPTER 8
WEAK INSTRUCTIONWrite a social post.
IMPROVED INSTRUCTIONAct as a social media manager for a family-owned commercial cleaning business. Write one Instagram caption (under 80 words) promoting office cleaning. Friendly tone, one question at the end, no hashtags.

Why it works: It adds a role, a length, a tone and a clear constraint.

Understanding a financial topic

ADAPTED FROM CHAPTERS 1 AND 11
WEAK INSTRUCTIONTell me about investing.
IMPROVED INSTRUCTIONI’m 30, new to investing and can save $300 a month. Explain index funds and term deposits in a table (risk, return, access to money). Educational only.

Why it works: It names the reader, the budget, the comparison and the format. The book also reminds you that its finance examples are educational and not advice.

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The 7-day mastery challenge

A structured way to practise, 20 to 30 minutes a day.

Each day has an exercise, an example and a measurable outcome, so you apply the techniques instead of just reading about them.

  1. DAY 1

    Understand prompts and basic shortcuts

    Rewrite three of your own weak prompts using RTCFC and note five shortcuts you will use.

  2. DAY 2

    Master answer-length and simplicity prefixes

    Try /short, /simple, /eli5 and /detailed on the same topic and compare.

  3. DAY 3

    Improve accuracy and research

    Use /verify, /assumptions and /sources on a question, and turn on Search for one.

  4. DAY 4

    Learn prompt combinations

    Try five combinations from Chapter 6 and find one conflict.

  5. DAY 5

    Explore ChatGPT features

    Try Search, file upload and Study on one task each.

  6. DAY 6

    Apply shortcuts to work and business

    Choose one real task and build a complete prompt with two prefixes.

  7. DAY 7

    Build your personal shortcut dictionary

    Write 10 prefix definitions, test them and save them in Custom Instructions or a Project.

The challenge ends with a 15-question assessment and an answer key, so you can see how far you have come.

This book is for you if…

  • You use ChatGPT regularly but often receive generic answers.
  • You want reusable prompts instead of writing everything from scratch.
  • You want to discover useful ChatGPT shortcuts and features.
  • You want practical examples you can copy, customise and use.
  • You want to become more confident using AI tools.

This may not be for you if…

  • You are looking for a guarantee of perfect, always-accurate AI answers. The book stresses that AI can make errors and that you should check important facts.
  • You want an official OpenAI manual. This is an independent guide.
  • You only want financial or professional advice. The finance examples are educational and hypothetical.
Product details

The ChatGPT Shortcut Playbook

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215 custom prefixes and extensive practical prompt libraries
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FAQ

Questions, answered.

What is The ChatGPT Shortcut Playbook?
It is a 181-page PDF eBook that teaches you how to get clearer, more useful answers from ChatGPT with less typing. It combines official keyboard shortcuts, official slash commands, built-in ChatGPT features, 215 custom prompt prefixes and practical prompt-engineering techniques.
Who is this eBook suitable for?
Beginners, everyday users, students, teachers, business owners, office workers, content creators, researchers, investors, freelancers and advanced users who want faster workflows.
Do I need technical or coding knowledge?
No. The book states that no technical knowledge is assumed. You copy a prompt, replace the words in [SQUARE BRACKETS] with your details, paste it into ChatGPT and press Enter.
Is this suitable for beginners?
Yes. It starts with what a prompt is and why context matters, then builds up through the RTCFC framework, examples and a 7-day challenge.
What format is the eBook?
It is a digital PDF eBook.
How many pages does it contain?
181 pages.
Are all the shortcuts official ChatGPT commands?
No. Keyboard shortcuts, slash commands and built-in tools are official features. Custom prefixes like /short and /ghost are not. The book labels each item so you can always tell them apart.
What are custom prompt prefixes?
They are reusable, user-defined instructions. For example, /short can mean “give me a brief answer”. They work because ChatGPT reads them as normal instructions, ideally ones you have defined. They do not trigger a ChatGPT feature.
Does the book include copy-and-paste prompts?
Yes. Prompts appear in COPY AND PASTE boxes throughout, including 41 everyday prompts, 30 business prompts, 20 content prompts and 32 prefix combinations.
Does it include business and content creation examples?
Yes. There is a chapter of professional and business workflows and a chapter of content creation and social media prompts.
Does it include finance and investing examples?
Yes. They are educational and use hypothetical data. They are not financial advice, recommendations or predictions.
How do I receive the eBook after payment?
You pay on the payment provider’s checkout page. After successful payment, the provider redirects you to the thank-you page on this website, where the download button is provided.
Can I read the eBook on my phone, tablet or computer?
Yes. A PDF can be saved and opened on a computer, tablet or phone using any PDF reader.
Is this an official OpenAI publication?
No. It is an independent publication and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by or approved by OpenAI. ChatGPT and OpenAI are trademarks of OpenAI.

Start Getting More From ChatGPT.

Reusable shortcuts, practical prompts and a structured reference guide, in one 181-page PDF. Stop retyping the same instructions and start building a system that works for you.

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