By skyforbes For example, is it still useful to tell ChatGPT to “act as an expert researcher” or “respond like a senior software engineer”? Or to design elaborate prompt templates for common tasks?
I understand that these kinds of structured prompts can be handy for repetitive workflows like summarizing research papers in a particular format or generating consistent reports. In those cases, having a reusable custom prompt definitely makes sense.
But for most general use, isn’t ChatGPT already capable enough to figure out what you mean from a natural, messy question, even with typos or casual phrasing? Especially in the official ChatGPT app, where memory is built in and the model already understands your context pretty well.
I often feel like I might be overthinking things by spending time crafting detailed prompts for simple tasks that ChatGPT could handle easily with plain human language.