Make the AI interview you before it writes anything

When you ask an AI to "write a proposal for a client", it fills every gap with safe, generic guesses. The result reads like everyone else's. The fix takes one sentence: tell the model to ask you questions before it starts.

Why it works

The model is good at knowing what a strong proposal, email or plan *needs*. It just doesn't know your specifics. Asking it to interview you turns its knowledge of the genre into a checklist of the details only you have.

How to do it

1. State the task in one line.
2. Add: "Before you write anything, ask me up to 5 questions you need answered to do this well. Ask them one at a time."
3. Answer briefly. Short answers are fine. The model will follow up if it needs more.
4. When the questions stop, say "Now write it."

Make it stick

Save the interview line as a text shortcut (for example ;ask) so you can add it to any prompt in a second.

Rule of thumb: if you'd brief a human freelancer before they started, brief the AI too. Let it run the briefing.