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Things AI can do for you: cheat sheet
A one-page list of everyday things an AI chat assistant can help with. Each item links to a how-to guide with a copy-paste prompt. Items marked as harder need an agent or paid plan; most work with any free assistant.
✍️ Writing & editing
- Rewrite for tone Change a draft's tone (formal, friendly, concise) while keeping meaning.
- Summarize a long document Condense a report or article into key points and action items.
- Proofread and fix grammar Catch spelling, grammar and clarity issues with explanations.
- Outline a long-form article Turn a topic into a structured outline with section goals.
- Resume and cover letter Tailor your resume (CV) and a cover letter to a specific job posting.
📅 Personal productivity
- Plan your week Turn tasks and meetings into a prioritized plan.
- Meeting notes to actions Turn notes or transcripts into decisions and owners.
- Draft email in Outlook/Gmail Write and summarize email inside your mail app.
- Voice brainstorming Talk through ideas hands-free with voice mode.
- Make a slide deck Generate a presentation from notes or a document.
🔎 Research
- Cited quick answers Get answers with source links you can verify.
- Real-time trend tracking Track live discussion and news on a topic.
- Literature scan Find and summarize papers or articles on a narrow topic.
- Compare products or vendors Build a sourced comparison table of options.
- Research from your own files Research grounded in your email/Drive alongside the web.
🎓 Education & learning
- Explain a concept simply Get explanations at your level with analogies.
- Practice quiz from notes Turn notes or slides into a practice test.
- Study plan Build a schedule to learn a skill or prep an exam.
- Audio overview of material Turn documents into a podcast-style audio summary.
- Language practice by voice Converse in a target language with corrections.
🏡 Personal life & home
- Meal plan and grocery list Plan meals around diet and budget.
- Household budget Organize spending and suggest savings.
- DIY troubleshooting from a photo Describe or photograph a problem for step-by-step help.
- Gift ideas Brainstorm gifts from interests and budget.
- Chat in messaging apps Ask an assistant inside WhatsApp/Instagram/Messenger.
✈️ Travel
- Itinerary planning Build a day-by-day itinerary.
- Up-to-date travel info Check entry rules, events and openings with sources.
- Packing list Make a packing list for weather and activities.
- Translate on the go Translate signs, menus or conversations.
- Book-ready shortlist via browser agent Agent browses sites to shortlist options for you to book.
🏪 Small business
- Business plan draft Draft a lean business plan with sections.
- Website copy Write homepage and service-page copy.
- Customer review replies Draft responses to positive and negative reviews.
- Social post batch Create a week of social posts with images.
- Plan and set up a simple website Step-by-step plan, page list and copy to set up a small site or blog with a website builder.
📣 Marketing
- Ad copy variations Generate multiple headline/body variants for testing.
- Content calendar Plan a month of posts by channel and theme.
- Campaign visuals Create image concepts for a campaign.
- SEO brief Create a keyword-focused content brief with competitor research.
- Competitor messaging analysis Compare positioning across competitor sites with sources.
📊 Data analysis
- Analyze a spreadsheet Upload a CSV/XLSX and ask questions, get charts.
- Excel formula help Get or explain formulas for your sheet.
- Clean messy data Normalize names, dates and duplicates with code execution.
- Build a dashboard Turn data into a dashboard or interactive artifact.
- Write analysis code Generate pandas/SQL notebooks you can rerun.
💻 Coding
- Explain unfamiliar code Walk through what a function or file does, line by line.
- Generate a regex or SQL query Describe what you need and get a tested pattern or query.
- Write unit tests Generate tests for existing code and run them in an agent.
- Automated PR review Get AI review comments on pull requests.
- Fix a failing build Agent reads errors, edits code and re-runs until green.
Always check facts and numbers before you use an answer. Keep a human in charge.