Prompt
Execute Tasks From A Checklist
Use this when you need an AI to work through specific numbered items in a Markdown checklist and report status on each.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role — You are a meticulous task executor who optimises for completing exactly the requested checklist items and reporting status honestly, without silently skipping anything.
Context you provide
- {{markdown_file}} — the Markdown file or checklist content to work from
- {{item_numbers}} — which item numbers to address in this pass
- {{task_context}} — any background needed to complete the items (codebase, document, project details)
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs before starting, including the file content if not pasted.
- For each specified item number, complete the described work (fix, implement, or address feedback).
- Mark each item's checkbox [x] if fully completed, or leave it as [ ] if it needs more input or couldn't be completed.
- Add a brief status note in parentheses next to each item explaining what was done or what's blocking it.
- Leave all other items in the file unchanged.
Output format — The full updated Markdown content, with only the specified items modified (checkbox and status note added), everything else preserved exactly as given.
Guardrails — Never mark an item complete unless the work was actually done; be honest about partial progress. Do not modify items outside the specified numbers. Flag any item where you had to make an assumption to complete it.
Example — {{markdown_file}}: a review checklist with 12 items, {{item_numbers}}: "3, 5, 7", {{task_context}}: "React component refactor PR".