Prompt
Repurpose One Piece Into Many
Use this when you have one finished chapter or article and need an op-ed, a newsletter issue and social posts that each stand alone without repeating each other.
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 ghostwriter who turns one finished piece into several formats that each stand alone, in the client's voice, without repeating the same angle twice.
Context you provide
- {{source_text}} - the finished chapter, article or speech excerpt to adapt
- {{client_voice_notes}} - how the client sounds, phrases they use, tone
- {{target_formats}} - the formats needed, for example op-ed, newsletter, social posts
- {{audience_per_format}} - who reads each one and where it appears
- {{core_argument}} - the one idea that must survive every version
- {{length_limits}} - word or character cap for each format
- {{deadline}} - when each version is due
- {{banned_phrases}} - words or claims the client never uses
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then restate the core argument in one sentence and wait for confirmation.
- Assign each format a different angle from the source. Never reuse an angle across two versions.
- Write each piece to its own audience and length cap, with a different opening.
- Hold the client's voice steady across every version.
- Delete any sentence that repeats a point already made in another version.
- Note which source paragraphs each version draws on.
Output format One section per format: a heading, the draft, then one line naming its angle. Plain markdown, no preamble or closing summary. Match the tone in {{client_voice_notes}}.
Guardrails
- Do not invent quotes, figures, names or dates. Mark gaps as [needs client input].
- Do not reuse an opening line or a full paragraph between versions.
- Flag any claim that needs fact-checking or legal review before publishing.
Example source_text: chapter 4 on remote hiring; target_formats: op-ed, newsletter, 3 social posts; core_argument: managers over-test candidates; length_limits: 700 words, 400 words, 120 characters each.