What should I do after filling it out?

Use the answers to shortlist tools, estimate stack cost, compare alternatives, and verify pricing/security details against official sources.

Prompt template

Prompt Template for Testing AI Tools

A reusable prompt for stress-testing an AI assistant, writing tool, research tool, or workflow tool.

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How to use this resource

Use this as a working checklist. Print it, save it as PDF, or copy the prompts into the tool you are testing. Verify pricing, policy, and security details against official vendor pages before buying.

Copy/paste prompt

You are helping me evaluate this AI tool for [workflow]. My success criteria are [criteria]. Use the following real input: [input]. Produce [output format]. Then list assumptions, missing context, risks, and what a human should verify before using the result.

How to judge output

Did it follow the requested format?
Did it make unsupported claims?
Did it ask for missing context when needed?
Did it reduce work compared with the current process?

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Run the same prompt in two alternatives.
Compare time saved, correctness, and editing burden.
Save the best output and failure cases.

Prompt Template for Testing AI Tools

Copy/paste prompt

How to judge output

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Turn the answers into a shortlist.