Prompts & Skills Library | Free, CC-BY | Kyt Services

Free, production-ready AI prompts and agent skills from Kyt Services — the same ones we use on engagements, open-sourced CC-BY 4.0. 69 prompts across 13 categories.

System Initialization & Utilities

The Lazy Loader

Bypasses manual editing of prompt variables. It forces the AI to interview you to establish the "Rules of Engagement" (Role, Tone, Format) before it attempts any work.

Tags: Setup, Configuration, Utility

Advanced Context Preservation Protocol

Solves the "Context Window Limit." When the AI starts forgetting things or gets slow, this packs the entire session's logic into a dense "Save File" that you can load into a new chat. Think of this as a "Save Game" point for long projects.

Tags: Context, Migration, Utility

Information Assimilator

Stops the AI from trying to be helpful too early. When you upload a big PDF, the AI usually summarizes it immediately—wasting tokens and missing details. This command forces it to "Read Only" and wait for instructions.

Tags: Documents, Context Loading, Analysis

Foundation & System Primitives

System Level Prompt

This is the "BIOS Update" for the model. It overrides the default "helpful assistant" persona (which tends to be sycophantic) with a "Critical Partner" persona that prioritizes truth over politeness.

Tags: System, Red Team, Critical Thinking

Standard Operating Procedure

This acts as a "Chain of Thought" enforcer. By forcing the AI to list its assumptions and checks before answering, you significantly reduce hallucination rates. It also employs a mandatory Clarification Gate to prevent incomplete outputs.

Tags: Chain of Thought, QA, Verification

Red Team Reset

AI models suffer from "context drift" and often become yes-men to please the user. This prompt forces a hard reset on the logic engine, compelling it to attack your ideas rather than validate them.

Tags: Red Team, Correction, Critical Thinking

PMO & Daily Operations

The Daily Driver

Converts the "morning chaos" of unread messages into a structured battle plan. It specifically looks for "Soft Deadlines" (e.g., "Need this by Friday") that are buried in casual text.

Tags: Email, Prioritisation, Eisenhower Matrix

The Deep Clean

Similar to the Daily Driver but optimised for Tasks rather than Status. It excels at identifying "Fake Urgency" (tasks that are noisy but not important) and moving them to P3/P4.

Tags: Backlog, Prioritisation, Eisenhower

The Executive Briefing Protocol

The "Forensics of Work." It takes a messy thread of "Reply All" emails and extracts the only thing that matters: The Decision. It ignores the fluff and highlights the blockers.

Tags: Email, Synthesis, Executive

Meeting Notes & Actions

The ultimate time-saver. It separates "Chatter" (what was discussed) from "Decisions" (what is locked in). The Action Table enforces accountability by requiring an "Owner" and a "Date."

Tags: Meeting, Notes, Actions

Status Report Analysis

Detects "Watermelons" (Green on the outside, Red on the inside). It reads the commentary text to see if it contradicts the RAG status (e.g., Status: Green, but Comment: "We are currently blocked by legal").

Tags: Status, Watermelon, RAG

Strategic PMO & Portfolio

Enterprise Project Scoping & Audit Engine

Acts as a senior PMO Director scrutinizing a newly pitched initiative. It forces strict evidence tagging ([EXPLICIT] vs [INFERRED]) to stop the AI from hallucinating project scope, deliverables, or timelines that don't actually exist in the raw documents.

Tags: Project, Scoping, Audit

Risk Management Engine

Forces proper Risk Syntax (Cause -> Risk -> Effect). It prevents the common error of listing "Staffing" (a category) as a risk, ensuring you write "Staffing shortage leads to missed deadline."

Tags: Risk, Register, Mitigation

Benefits Realisation Tracking Protocol

Many PMOs confuse project delivery (on time/on budget) with value realisation. This prompt acts as a ruthless auditor. It compares the original approved business case against current operational metrics to detect "benefit shortfalls" early, proposing strategic pivots if the ROI is failing.

Tags: Benefits, ROI, Value

Cross-Portfolio Capacity Analyser

Moves beyond individual task triage. It identifies systemic single points of failure across the portfolio (e.g., relying on the same senior engineer for three critical-path projects simultaneously) and suggests scenario plans to alleviate burnout.

Tags: Resources, Capacity, Bottlenecks

AI Agent Deployment Governance Check

As PMOs deploy Agentic AI systems that can execute multi-step workflows across systems, the risk of unauthorized actions, data misuse, and systemic disruptions rises significantly. This prompt stress-tests the workflow to ensure irreversible actions are blocked without explicit human authorization.

Tags: AI, Governance, Security

PMO Agentic Workflow Opportunity Map

An honest opportunity-map for PMO leaders: scores candidate workflows on volume, reversibility, data, failure cost, and integration. Names what to defer, what to never automate, and a 90-day pilot for the top candidate.

Tags: PMO, Agentic AI, Operating Model

Discovery & Deep Analysis

Topic-Based Document Synthesis

A RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) controller. It prevents the common AI error of treating a "Draft" document as fact. It forces the AI to check headers for "Version 0.1" vs "Final".

Tags: RAG, Documents, Summary

The Forensic Data Analyst

When you need to know "Who knew what, and when?", this prompt acts as a digital detective. It forces the AI to search for synonyms and verify file attachments before building a timeline.

Tags: Timeline, Forensics, Investigation

First Principles Deep-Dive

Moves beyond Wikipedia-style summaries. It forces the AI to analyse the mechanics of a topic and identify the "Red Team" counter-arguments. Crucial for preparing for high-stakes meetings where you might be challenged on the details.

Tags: Analysis, First Principles, Research

Data Insight Analyst

A dual-mode tool. Mode A generates complex Excel/DAX syntax (correcting for common syntax errors). Mode B analyzes raw data tables to find outliers/trends you might miss with the naked eye.

Tags: Excel, Data, Statistics

SharePoint / Document Search

Designed for AI tools that are connected to your file system (e.g., Copilot M365). It adds a layer of logic to the search to prioritise "Final" over "Draft" and recent over old.

Tags: SharePoint, Search, Documents

Strategy & Planning

The Blueprint Scaffolding Technique

Avoids the "This isn't what I asked for" loop. By agreeing on the Table of Contents (Outline) first, you ensure the AI writes the right content in Step 3.

Tags: Document, Structure, Planning

Zero-Based Operating Rhythm Designer

Most organisational calendars are "additive" (people add meetings but never remove them). This prompt forces a "Zero-Based" approach: it assumes no meetings exist and forces you to justify every single one back into existence based on pain points.

Tags: Meetings, Rhythm, Organisation

The Strategic Narrative Architect

This is a "Logic Auditor" for your ideas. It ensures you have a "Hero" (the user/customer) and a "Conflict" (the problem) before you start writing slides.

Tags: Narrative, Pitch, Strategy

Go/No-Go Change Strategy

Prevents "Announcement Regret." Most change fails because the "After" state is vague or the "Bridge" (resources) is missing. This prompt forces a "Pre-Flight Check" to see if you are actually ready to launch.

Tags: Change, Strategy, Communication

Workshop Co-Design

A start-to-finish toolkit for facilitators. Mode A plans the logistics (including the pre-work email). Mode B cleans up the mess of post-it notes afterwards into themes.

Tags: Workshop, Facilitation, Design

The Profit Leak Diagnostic

Acts as a seasoned CFO evaluating corporate health. Rather than providing generic advice, it forces the AI to pinpoint specific operational bottlenecks and propose targeted fixes.

Tags: Finance, Profit, Operations

The 7S Organisational Audit

Use this when an organisation is experiencing friction between its strategy and execution. It systematically audits the hard and soft elements of the business (Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Style, Staff, and Skills) to ensure cross-functional alignment.

Tags: McKinsey, Organisation, Audit

The Strategic Framework Auditor

Helps identify external threats and opportunities before a major product launch or market entry. It enforces the Pyramid Principle, ensuring the AI delivers the "Bottom Line Up Front" before diving into the supporting evidence.

Tags: PESTLE, Strategy, Framework

The Investor Readiness Assessor

Serves as a ruthless "Mock VC." It evaluates early-stage or expansion pitches, identifying the weakest links in the narrative before you put the deck in front of actual investors.

Tags: Pitch, VC, Investment

Ideation & Creativity

The HMW Generator

The foundational tool of Design Thinking. It turns a "dead end" complaint into a "solvable" question.

Tags: Design Thinking, Ideation, HMW

SCAMPER Transformation Engine

A systematic checklist to force iteration. If you have a "Version 1.0" idea, this prompt forces you to consider "Version 2.0" by modifying specific variables (Substitute, Combine, Eliminate, etc.).

Tags: SCAMPER, Innovation, Iteration

Lateral Thinking & Constraints

Breaks "Functional Fixedness" by imposing extreme, artificial constraints (e.g., "Do it for free" or "Do it in 60 seconds").

Tags: Brainstorming, Constraints, Creativity

The Universal Ideation Toolkit

This is a "Reference Card" for you, not a prompt for the AI. It contains the best questions to ask a room full of people to draw out creativity.

Tags: Facilitation, Cheat Sheet, Workshop

Communications & Writing

Universal Email Intelligence Protocol

Writes emails that people actually read. It enforces "BLUF" (Bottom Line Up Front) and "Action-Oriented" subject lines. It strips out the "I hope this email finds you well" fluff.

Tags: Email, Communication, BLUF

Universal Communications Generator

Your "Brand Police." It enforces New Zealand English, correct Te Reo Māori usage, and cuts out "corporate fluff." Good for Teams Channels, Intranet Posts, and Newsletters.

Tags: Comms, Brand, Writing

Strategic Presentation Generator

Solves the "Frankenstein Deck" problem where every slide looks different. Mode A "learns" your company style. Mode C actually writes Python code that you can run to create the .pptx file automatically.

Tags: PowerPoint, Slides, Presentation

The Presentation Architect

Fixes the flow of a presentation. It calculates timing (approx 90s per slide) to ensure you don't end up with a 50-slide deck for a 30-minute meeting.

Tags: Presentation, Structure, Timing

The Safe-Fail Analogy Machine

Analogies are dangerous if they break down under scrutiny. This prompt generates the analogy and explicitly tells you where it stops working (the "Leak"), so you don't look foolish when questioned.

Tags: Analogy, Communication, Explanation

The Content Amplifier Technique

The "COPE" strategy (Create Once, Publish Everywhere). It takes a core asset (like a whitepaper) and atomizes it into social posts, newsletters, and memos.

Tags: Content, Repurpose, Marketing

Specialised Execution

Calibrated Performance Reviewer

Removes the "Halo Effect" (liking someone so ignoring their faults) or "Recency Bias" (only remembering the last 2 weeks). It acts as a neutral "Performance Coach" that forces you to prove your claims with evidence.

Tags: HR, Performance, Review

The Executive Career Coach

Shifts your CV from "Duties" (what you did) to "Results" (what you achieved). It uses a Gap Analysis to find exactly which keywords from the Job Description are missing from your profile and injects them naturally.

Tags: CV, Career, Cover Letter

The Corporate Headshot Architect

Generates the highly technical "Camera Settings" text needed to make an AI image look like a photograph (e.g., 85mm lens, f/2.8 aperture, Rembrandt lighting).

Tags: Image Gen, Headshot, Creative

The Universal Agent Architect

A "Prompt Engineer in a box." It doesn't just write the instructions; it interviews you to find out what you really need and builds "Failure State" handling (what the bot should do when it gets confused).

Tags: AI Agent, Custom GPT, Design

The Website UX Auditor & Architect

Acts as a Senior UX Designer. It looks at your website copy and "Reverse Engineers" who the customer is and what they are trying to do. It then tells you how to fix your navigation and layout to convert them better.

Tags: UX, Website, Design

Learning & Education

The Inquisitive Student Simulator

True comprehension is achieved not by passive reading, but by teaching. Instead of the AI lecturing you, you lecture the AI. The AI will act as a beginner, pointing out your reliance on jargon, asking for analogies, and finding holes in your logic.

Tags: Feynman, Learning, Teaching

The Socratic Tutor

Perfect for professional upskilling, corporate training, or mastering new software. Instead of giving you the "TL;DR", this prompt forces critical thinking by absolutely refusing to give direct answers. It coaches you to the finish line.

Tags: Socratic, Education, Questioning

The Active Recall Quiz Generator

Passive reading leads to rapid forgetting. This prompt extracts the core mechanisms of a document and tests you on them to enforce long-term retention. The output is formatted specifically so you can copy-paste it into flashcard apps like Anki or Quizlet.

Tags: Flashcards, Quiz, Retention

QA & Meta-Optimisation

The Meticulous Red-Team Validator

This is a heavy-duty QA tool. It forces a "3-Pass Protocol" where the AI acts as a destructive red teamer before allowing itself to write the final version. It is specifically tuned for NZ cultural context (macrons) and spelling.

Tags: QA, Red Team, NZ English

The Dialectic Self-Correction Protocol

This utilizes "Chain of Verification" logic. By forcing the AI to critique its first attempt before you see the final result, you get a much higher quality output. It's like asking the AI to "think before it speaks."

Tags: Self-Correction, Chain of Thought, QA

Voice & Style Reverse-Engineering Protocol

Creates a "Clone" of your writing voice. It specifically looks for your "Negative Constraints" (words you never use) which is the secret to sounding human.

Tags: Style, Voice, Clone

Story/Narrative Review

Checks if your writing is boring. It ensures abstract concepts (like "Synergy") are anchored in concrete realities (like "Saving 5 hours a week").

Tags: Story, Narrative, Audit

The Prompt Optimiser

Uses the AI to fix your bad prompts. If you can't get the result you want, ask the AI to rewrite your request using the principles of this library.

Tags: Prompt, Optimisation, Meta

The Prompt Reversal Technique

Capture lightning in a bottle. If you have a long, messy chat that eventually gave you a perfect answer, this prompt reads the history and creates a single "Master Prompt" so you can get that result instantly next time.

Tags: Prompt, Reverse Engineer, Learning

Specialised Personas

The Detail-Oriented Copy Editor

Refine text specifically for syntax, grammar, readability, and stylistic consistency without altering the overarching message.

Tags: Persona, Editing, Copy

The Holistic Developmental Editor

Evaluate the overarching macro-structure, pacing, conceptual strength, and audience alignment of a manuscript or proposal.

Tags: Persona, Structure, Editing

The Adversarial Red Teamer

Rigorously stress-test systems, plans, architectures, or codes to proactively identify vulnerabilities, edge cases, and systemic leaks before they are deployed.

Tags: Persona, Red Team, Security

The Socratic Sparring Partner

Challenge the user's assumptions, provoke deeper critical thinking, and refine raw ideas through an ongoing oppositional dialogue.

Tags: Persona, Debate, Critical Thinking

The Logical Fallacy Detector

Analyse text, arguments, or transcripts specifically to identify cognitive biases, structural flaws, and invalid reasoning.

Tags: Persona, Logic, Analysis

The Rigorous Fact-Checker

Verify claims, statistics, and historical data against established knowledge bases to ensure absolute accuracy and credibility.

Tags: Persona, Fact-Check, Verification

The Political Navigator

A clear-eyed advisor for navigating workplace and personal politics with integrity. Maps stakeholders and underlying interests, names the real tension (and your own part in it), and gives you 2–3 honest paths plus a conversation plan. Refuses manipulation and redirects harassment, discrimination, or legal matters to HR/EAP.

Tags: Persona, Stakeholders, Difficult Conversations

Aotearoa Public Sector

Te Tiriti o Waitangi Impact Lens

Applies a structured Te Tiriti impact lens to a proposal — Articles 1–3, principles overlay, and an engagement map. Designed to surface gaps without inventing iwi positions or hollow performative engagement.

Tags: Te Tiriti, Public Sector, Equity

OIA Response Triage & Drafter

Triages an inbound OIA / LGOIMA request, classifies scope and transfer, calculates deadlines, proposes withholding grounds with public interest balancing, and drafts a defensible reply plus internal file note.

Tags: OIA, Public Sector, Ministerial

Cabinet Paper Stress-Test

Stress-tests a draft Cabinet paper against CabGuide structure, consultation requirements, Tiriti analysis, RIS, financials, and proactive release. Surfaces what will get flagged at agency check before it gets there.

Tags: Cabinet, Public Sector, Policy

Better Business Case (5-Case) Reviewer

Treasury-style 5-Case Model audit of a Better Business Case. Scores each case, distinguishes asserted from evidenced claims, and lists the specific issues that will fail at Investment Panel.

Tags: Treasury, Business Case, Investment

Privacy Impact Assessment Screener

Screening PIA against the Privacy Act 2020 and IPPs 1–13. Determines whether a full PIA is needed, heatmaps IPP risks, and proposes design-time mitigations including Māori data sovereignty considerations.

Tags: Privacy, Compliance, Public Sector

Public Service AI Use-Case Alignment Check

Checks a proposed AI/agentic workflow against the Algorithm Charter for Aotearoa NZ and Public Service AI expectations. Risk-tiers the use case, scorecards transparency and oversight, and drafts a plain-English public explanation.

Tags: AI Governance, Public Sector, Algorithm Charter

Government Procurement Brief Reviewer

Reviews a draft procurement plan or RFx against the Government Procurement Rules, the Charter, and Progressive Procurement targets. Flags compliance gaps, distinguishes genuine broader outcomes from tokenistic ones, and proposes RFx-level edits.

Tags: Procurement, GETS, Public Sector