First thought
Pick one. If you paste both a fridge list and a holiday, you will get a muddle. Tell it your limits (time, budget, people, foods you avoid) and expect questions back if you were vague. That is a good result.
First prompt
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The promptI want help planning. First say whether I have given you enough to plan meals or a trip. If not, ask me at most five questions and then stop.
I want help planning. First say whether I have given you enough to plan meals or a trip. If not, ask me at most five questions and then stop.
Which one: [MEALS or a TRIP]
Limits: [budget, dates, who is coming, foods to avoid, or "not sure yet"]
What I already have: [what's in the fridge, or bookings already made, or "nothing"]
If I have given you enough:
- For meals, suggest three simple meals from the food I named. This is not medical or diet advice. Do not set calorie targets.
- For a trip, give a day-by-day skeleton and mark every idea as "check". Do not invent prices, opening times or travel times.
End with what I should confirm myself.What good looks like
- It asks you questions when the note is too thin, and then stops.
- Meals use food you listed. Trip ideas are marked as things to check.
- You are not given a fake price or a medical diet.
Next step
Other small things that help
Sources
- NHS, The Eatwell Guide NHS guidance
- MoneyHelper, Budget planner Free guidance service
- OpenAI, Prompt engineering guide Vendor documentation