Prompts beat websites
Nowadays I do not like to interact with websites. I like to interact with the prompt. I write out what I want, and the agent works out how to do it. I do not have to learn how the website wants to be used. I can just define it.
- Where
- In the web chat
- Size
- A quick one
- Short link
- piy.show/s104
I do not like websites any more
Nowadays I do not like to interact with websites. I like to interact with the prompt.
A website makes you learn it. Where the button is, which menu, what the form wants, in which order. Every site is different, and none of them care what you were trying to do. The prompt takes your words, as they are.
That is the whole shift. You stop learning tools and start saying what you want.
Why do I prefer a prompt to a website? Prompt it yourself
I want to get this done. Do it for me, and ask me only what you really need to know.
The prompt gives you everything
The prompt is giving me everything. I can just write it out, and the agent is going to figure out how to do it.
So describe the outcome, not the clicks. Say what you want at the end, what the rules are, and what it should look like. The agent finds the way, and if a website is on the way, the agent deals with the website.
If you catch yourself typing instructions for buttons, stop. Say the result instead.
How do I say what I want, not how? Prompt it yourself
Here is the result I want and the rules it must follow. You choose the way to get there, and tell me what you did.
I can help you build yours
I build things like this with an AI agent, on my own computer. In a private session I help you do the same with your idea. Or bring it to the show, free.
Define it, do not click it
I do not have to care about how the website works, or that you have to use it like this. I can just define it.
To define a job is three lines. What goes in. What comes out. What must never happen. Give those three, and most jobs need nothing more.
Keep the definition. The next time, you paste it and change one word.
What does it mean to define the task? Prompt it yourself
Define this job for me in three lines: what goes in, what comes out, and what must never happen. Then do it.
Start with the next website
Next time you open a website to do a job, ask the agent first. Say the job in one sentence. See how far it gets without you clicking anything.
What do I do next? Prompt it yourself
I was about to use a website for this job: here it is in one sentence. Do it for me instead.
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