How to tame your burgeoning collection of ChatGPT Prompts
Are things getting out of hand in your ad-hoc Google doc?
My collection of ChatGPT prompts was getting messy.
I was excited to stuff as many prompts into a Google doc when ChatGPT came out. But it was clear that Google docs were not meant to organize my burgeoning prompt collection.
Like a crayfish, it was time for me to find a new home.
I wanted a better organization system that would allow me to:
Categorize by different hierarchies for faster indexing
Easily copy/paste with a click of a button
Rate, comment, and update them as ChatGPT develops
Link to related prompts
Enter Spreadsheets.
If you’ve ever worked with me, you know I love a good spreadsheet. Here’s how I decided to organize them on an Airtable (by the way, not affiliated with them).
Why Airtable? Airtable’s data-type categories are great for creating no-code databases. This allows me to quickly generate different views that tie it together, such as kanbans with spreadsheets (shown below). Plus, it’s free!
Spreadsheets allow me to conceptually organize from least to most detail:
Category: Groups prompts by high-level purpose for easy reference, especially in kanban view.
Name: A summary of the prompt/what it does. Ideally, it’s descriptive enough for me to remember what the prompt is without reading it in its entirety
Prompt: The actual prompt contained in a cell that I can easily click and copy/paste. Eliminates clicking and dragging for very long prompts.
The other columns I use are:
Source: Link to where I found the prompt.
Notes: Generally other things to note, such as the multiple iterations of jailbreaking prompts and where those databases are, if something doesn’t work as well, etc.
Quality: How much I like the prompt. (0 stars = not enough data)
Tags: I’m not sure yet, but I like tags. I’m sure I’ll find a use for them in the future.