Prompts · 3 min read · October 21, 2026
Last verified: October 21, 2026
ChatGPT's secret keywords
Thirty-two words, thirty-two angles. Add one anywhere in your prompt and the style of the answer changes, from brutally honest feedback to coach modes.
Skip to the commandsWrite your question as you normally would and add a single keyword at the start or end, and ChatGPT answers the same question from a completely different angle. I've grouped 32 words under 6 headings. Tap a word to copy it.
How to use them
One word is enough. Write your question as usual and add a single keyword at the start or end. Ask the same question again with a different word and compare the answers.
I want to launch a coffee brand on a $10,000 budget. Evaluate this plan. REDTEAMHonest & sharp thinking
Cuts the flattery and gives brutally honest feedback on your idea, writing or plan.
Plays devil's advocate and finds the holes in your plan. Makes you smarter.
Instead of the advice everyone repeats, breaks the problem down to its basic parts and thinks from scratch.
Shows the outdated, wrong beliefs holding you back, and what is actually true.
Lists the popular guru advice you should ignore and tells you what to do instead.
Reveals the hidden or selfish motivation behind what you are saying.
Works out what people and systems are really rewarded for; incentives drive behaviour.
Relies on methods proven to work for many years, not on trends.
Modes that change the delivery
Explains everything simply and clearly, as if to a 10-year-old.
Strips the AI feel from the output so it reads as if a real person wrote it.
Replaces vague advice with concrete examples, numbers, steps and the exact sentences to use.
Explains the answer through sharp comparisons, so the differences are clear at a glance.
Shows what you will lose if you wait, choose wrong or do nothing.
Doesn't give the answer directly; asks you questions so you find it yourself.
Coach modes
Talks like your $100M business coach Alex Hormozi, focused on offers, sales and growth.
Guides you like your social media coach Gary Vee, through content, brand and the attention economy.
Becomes a Y Combinator-style startup coach and questions your product, market and scaling.
Answers the way your future self would. Surprisingly illuminating.
Shows the easiest path to the biggest return for the least effort.
Learning & exams
Type "/STUDYGUIDE create a visual study guide for [topic]" and it explains the topic step by step with a diagram.
Give it a topic and it turns the main ideas into sticky notes, so they stick faster.
Predicts the questions you are most likely to be asked in an exam, interview or presentation.
Tests you one question at a time and adjusts the difficulty to your answers.
Turns a lesson into a story; drawing on neuroscience, it makes it much easier to remember.
Visual explanations
Creates a visual timeline, for example laying out a historical event step by step.
Turns any topic into an anime scene so it sticks.
Creates a one-page visual cheat sheet on any topic.
Shows the parts of an object or concept as an exploded diagram.
Creates a mind map showing how ideas connect to each other.
Selfie transformations
Turns your selfie into a warm, natural, cottage-life themed shot.
Shows your selfie as a movie poster.
Edits your selfie as if you were under a meteor shower.
Which one when?
Pick by situation:
Test a business idea
I need an honest opinion
Exam tomorrow
The text sounds robotic
A big decision
I didn't understand a thing
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