About this episode
Amantha Imber and Neo discuss the importance of using a briefing document to provide context for AI interactions.
Every time you open a new AI chat, you're starting from scratch. You type out the background, explain your role, describe the project. Then you do it again tomorrow. And the day after. There's a better way, and it takes about 15 minutes over a cup of coffee. In this How I AI episode, Neo and I walk through the briefing document - a single context file that gives AI everything it needs to understand your world before you've typed a single word. Neo and I cover: Why context now matters more than a well-crafted prompt, and why even a clever prompt without background will give you a great average response rather than something targeted What a briefing document is and why recreating that context in every new chat leads to lazy, generic results How to use AI's advanced voice mode to interview you about your job so the briefing document gets built conversationally, not typed from scratch The exact interview prompt we give Inventium AI workshop participants Real examples from Neo's setup, including documents for Inventium's products and services, his AI programs, and a current client project Real examples from Amantha's setup, including documents for managing her team, the How I Work and…
People in this episode
Host: Amantha Imber
Guest: Neo
Topics covered
- AI
- briefing document
- context
- interview prompt
- productivity
Keywords
- AI chat
- context file
- prompt
- interview
- productivity
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Inventium
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