Think through something on my mind
EverydayUsing AI
Lay out what is on your mind and get three angles to consider, without the decision being made for you.
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Help me lay out what's on my mind and point to a few things worth thinking about. This isn't a substitute for real counseling — it's for sorting my own thinking. - What's on my mind: - What I've already considered: - Don't make the decision for me, just lay out the angles - Two lines summarizing the situation and three angles, one or two lines each
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What this prompt does
Compared with asking the same thing without the length and format lines.estimate
Estimated output tokens
700
Asked loosely
180
This prompt
Energy (Wh)
1.215
Asked loosely
0.423
This prompt
Token counts are estimated from character counts, not measured. Energy uses the per-band figures measured by Jegham et al. 2025 as published.
What that saves
15.8 Wh · 5.54 gCO₂e · 74 mL — assuming 20 uses a day
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Reported backfire — Specifying output lengthSpecifying a length longer than needed backfires (a 34% increase in 11% of scenarios)
Reported backfire — Asking for several options at onceAn increase of over 50% in 9% of scenarios. Don't use it on questions with one right answer
Where these figures come from
We read the prompt to see whether it carries that instruction. The percentages below are published figures for the rule itself, not a measurement of what this prompt saves.
Assigning a role
44%mean reduction · 95% CI 29–59%
Podder et al. 2026 BP#4 · 19 use cases / 61 prompts
by modelGPT-4o 34%Command R+ 50%Mistral-7B 49%
Specifying output length
38.7%mean reduction · 95% CI 29.7–47.7%
Podder et al. 2026 BP#5 · 18 use cases / 57 prompts
by modelGPT-4o 35%Command R+ 49%Mistral-7B 32%
Reduced in every scenario. No backfire reported
Asking for several options at once
36%mean reduction · 95% CI 25–47%
Podder et al. 2026 BP#1 · 22 use cases / 71 prompts
by modelGPT-4o 50%Command R+ 44%Mistral-7B 39%