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One hundred paste-ready prompt codes. The full deck.
You commented CODES on the reel. Here's the full drop, and then some.
First things first

The honest bit

Quick bit of honesty before you scroll. These aren't hidden features, secret commands, or a cheat menu buried inside Claude. There's no hidden mode to switch on.

They're prompt add-ons. Reusable lines you paste at the start or the end of whatever you're already asking. That's the entire trick, and it's also exactly why they work. The model does what its instructions tell it to do. Change the instructions, you change the output.

Here's the part worth keeping. Once you name a pattern, it stops being a clever one-off and becomes a tool you reach for on purpose. "Make it decide" becomes God Mode. "Make it sound human" becomes Ghost. You stop rewriting the same instructions from scratch every time and start carrying a small kit of moves you trust.

That's the real skill. Not memorising five strings. Spotting the instruction you keep retyping, giving it a name, and using it on command.

Codes 01 to 05: the reel set, with full treatment

Each one below: the exact line, where to paste it, and how it looks dropped into a real prompt. Codes 01Tap any black box to copy.ndash;05 below have the full worked examples. Codes 06Tap any black box to copy.ndash;100 follow in compact form. Tap any black box to copy.

01 God Mode Before
Use it when

You're stuck between options and every answer comes back fenced with "it depends". Pricing calls, tool choices, which direction to take a project.

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No hedging. Rank your options best to worst, commit to one, and tell me what you'd actually do if you were me. Skip the disclaimers.
In a real prompt

No hedging. Rank your options best to worst, commit to one, and tell me what you'd actually do if you were me. Skip the disclaimers. I'm deciding whether to launch my programme at £99 or £299.

Pro tip

Add "and tell me the one thing that would flip your answer". Now you get the decision and the tripwire to watch for.

02 Artifacts After
Use it when

You want a working tool, not a description of one. Calculators, trackers, mini dashboards, a landing page you can actually click.

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Build it as a single-file artifact I can use right now: working buttons, real interactivity, no placeholders.
In a real prompt

Make me a tip calculator that splits a bill between any number of people and rounds up to the nearest pound. Build it as a single-file artifact I can use right now: working buttons, real interactivity, no placeholders.

Pro tip

Add "make it work on my phone". Most of the time you'll be showing it to someone on a screen the size of their hand.

03 OODA Before
Use it when

A messy situation with too many moving parts, and you need a clear first move instead of a wall of analysis. A launch flopped. A competitor undercut you. A client went quiet.

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Run an OODA loop on this: Observe the facts, Orient around what matters most, Decide on the single best move, then give me the Act steps in order.
In a real prompt

Run an OODA loop on this: Observe the facts, Orient around what matters most, Decide on the single best move, then give me the Act steps in order. A client asked for a refund three days after delivery and I think the work was solid.

Pro tip

Ask it to run the loop twice, once as you and once as the other side. Now you can see the move they're about to make before they make it.

04 Ghost Before
Use it when

You want copy that doesn't read like a robot wrote it. DMs, captions, emails, replies. Anything a real person is going to read.

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Write this like a sharp human texting a colleague: short sentences, no em dashes, no 'it's not X, it's Y' constructions, no bullet-point essays, contractions everywhere.
In a real prompt

Write this like a sharp human texting a colleague: short sentences, no em dashes, no 'it's not X, it's Y' constructions, no bullet-point essays, contractions everywhere. Reply to this DM from someone asking if my programme is worth it when they're already paying for two others.

Pro tip

Paste two or three of your own real messages above the code. Now it copies your actual rhythm instead of a generic idea of "casual".

05 L99 Before
Use it when

You already know the fundamentals and the beginner explanation is wasting your time. You want the edge cases and the judgment people only pick up by doing the work.

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Answer as the top 1% expert in this field. Assume I'm smart but busy: skip the basics, give me the judgment calls only experts know.
In a real prompt

Answer as the top 1% expert in this field. Assume I'm smart but busy: skip the basics, give me the judgment calls only experts know. I'm about to run my first paid Instagram campaign with a £500 budget.

Pro tip

Name the actual field. "Top expert in Meta ads for low-ticket digital products" gets you further than "top expert in marketing" every time.

Now make your own

Build your own codes

Every code on this page started as a line someone got tired of retyping. Yours will too.

1
Catch the repeat.
Notice a prompt fragment you type again and again. "Keep it short." "Give me options." "No jargon." The repetition is the signal.
2
Name it.
A name turns a habit into a tool. It's easier to reach for "Ghost" than to remember the five things that make writing sound human.
3
Park it somewhere fast.
A note, a pinned message, a text expander. One keystroke away. A code you have to hunt for is a code you won't use.

Do that three or four times and you've got a deck. Do it for a month and you've got the hundred.

Before you go

If you want help putting AI to work in the actual business, the content, the lead gen, the quiet workflows that run in the background, send me a DM on Instagram. Tell me what you're building and where it's stuck. If Instagram isn't your thing, [email protected] reaches me too.

Talk soon,
Mike
✳ Mike Means Business
@mikemeansbusiness_ai

--- Codes 16-25 ---

016 Knife [Before]
"Cut through the noise. Tell me the blunt truth, the trade-off, and the move you would make."

017 Red Team [Before]
"Attack this idea like a smart competitor trying to kill it. Find the weak points before I waste money."

018 Operator [Before]
"Answer like someone who has to execute this tomorrow with limited time, budget, and patience."

019 One Move [After]
"End with one move. No options. No extra context. Just the next action."

020 Kill Criteria [After]
"Tell me exactly when I should quit this idea, based on clear signals."

021 10x Filter [Before]
"Only suggest actions that could create a 10x improvement. Ignore tiny optimisations."

022 Lazy Genius [Before]
"Find the simplest version that gets 80% of the result with 20% of the effort."

023 CEO Mode [Before]
"Answer like a CEO making a resource allocation decision, not a content creator brainstorming."

024 CFO Mode [Before]
"Judge this by cash, risk, margin, and payback period. No vanity metrics."

025 Buyer Brain [Before]
"Answer from the buyer's point of view. What are they thinking, doubting, and comparing this against?"

--- Codes 26-40 ---

026 Objection Map [After]
"List the real objections someone would have, then give me the cleanest reply to each one."

027 Anti-Fluff [Before]
"No motivational language. No vague advice. Give me specifics, numbers, and actions."

028 Truth Serum [Before]
"Assume I may be emotionally attached to this idea. Tell me what I'm probably ignoring."

029 Cold Read [Before]
"Look at this like you have never seen my business before. What does it signal?"

030 Hot Seat [Before]
"Interrogate this. Ask the hard questions, then answer them based on the information I gave you."

031 Founder Filter [Before]
"Judge this as a founder who needs revenue this month, not theoretical brand value."

032 Margin Lens [Before]
"Analyse this through margin, delivery burden, fulfilment risk, and customer lifetime value."

033 Speedrun [Before]
"Give me the fastest path to a usable result. Ignore perfection."

034 Premium [After]
"Rewrite this so it sounds higher value without sounding corporate or fake."

035 Less Needy [After]
"Rewrite this to sound calm, confident, and non-desperate."

036 Sharper [After]
"Make this sharper. Cut soft language, vague claims, and anything that sounds like filler."

037 Direct Close [After]
"Add a clean CTA that makes the next step obvious without sounding pushy."

038 Client Ready [After]
"Rewrite this so I can send it straight to a client. Simple, polished, no jargon."

039 DM Native [Before]
"Write this for Instagram DMs. Short lines. Natural flow. No essay energy."

040 Founder Voice [Before]
"Write this like a founder with conviction, not a marketer trying to sound clever."

--- Codes 41-55 ---

041 No Bro [After]
"Remove anything that sounds like hustle bro, fake urgency, or internet marketing."

042 Proof First [Before]
"Lead with proof, evidence, or a concrete example before making any claim."

043 Pain First [Before]
"Start with the problem the reader already feels, then introduce the solution."

044 Mechanism [After]
"Explain the mechanism. Why does this work, step by step?"

045 Cost of Inaction [After]
"Show what happens if they ignore this for 30, 90, and 180 days."

046 Before After Bridge [Before]
"Frame this as Before, After, Bridge. Where they are, where they want to be, and how to get there."

047 MVB [Before]
"Give me the minimum viable build. What can I launch with today that proves demand?"

048 MVO [Before]
"Give me the minimum viable offer. Strip it down to the smallest thing someone would still pay for."

049 Ugly First Draft [Before]
"Give me the ugly first draft. Prioritise speed and structure over polish."

050 Polish Pass [After]
"Now polish this without changing the core idea or making it sound less human."

051 Contrarian [Before]
"Give me the unpopular but useful take. No fake contrarian nonsense."

052 Market Test [After]
"Tell me how to test this in 24 hours without building the full thing."

053 Cash Test [After]
"Tell me how to test whether people will pay, not just say they like it."

054 Offer Doctor [Before]
"Diagnose this offer. Tell me what is confusing, weak, risky, or hard to believe."

055 Hook Doctor [Before]
"Diagnose this hook. Tell me why it would or would not stop the scroll."

--- Codes 56-75 ---

056 Landing Page Doctor [Before]
"Audit this page for clarity, credibility, desire, friction, and CTA strength."

057 Sales Call [Before]
"Turn this into a sales call flow with questions, pivots, traps, and close points."

058 Discovery [Before]
"Build a discovery question map that uncovers pain, impact, urgency, decision process, and budget."

059 Champion [Before]
"Assume I need to turn this person into an internal champion. What should I arm them with?"

060 Exec Brief [After]
"Rewrite this as a short executive brief. Focus on business impact, risk, and recommended action."

061 Board Slide [After]
"Rewrite this as if it had to fit on one board slide. Clean, tight, high signal."

062 Investor Lens [Before]
"Analyse this like an investor. Market size, urgency, moat, risk, and founder fit."

063 Competitor Lens [Before]
"Analyse this like my strongest competitor. What would they copy, attack, or ignore?"

064 Enemy View [Before]
"Assume someone wants this to fail. What would they criticise first?"

065 Customer Whisperer [Before]
"Translate this into the words my customer would actually use."

066 No Jargon [After]
"Remove all jargon. Keep the meaning. Make it sound like a smart person explaining it clearly."

067 Specificity Pass [After]
"Replace vague words with specific examples, numbers, scenarios, or concrete claims."

068 Credibility Pass [After]
"Make this more credible. Add proof, caveats, constraints, and realistic language."

069 Believability [Before]
"Tell me what would make this hard to believe, then fix it."

070 Friction Finder [Before]
"Find every point where the buyer might pause, doubt, delay, or disappear."

071 Trust Builder [After]
"Add trust signals without making it sound like a brag."

072 Risk Reversal [After]
"Add a risk reversal that feels fair, strong, and not desperate."

073 Guarantee Brain [Before]
"Create 5 guarantee angles for this offer, ranked by strongest to safest."

074 Price Pressure [Before]
"Analyse whether this price feels cheap, fair, expensive, or premium, and why."

075 Raise Price [After]
"Rewrite this offer so the higher price feels justified."

--- Codes 76-100 ---

076 Simple Stack [Before]
"Turn this into a simple offer stack: core promise, deliverables, bonuses, proof, guarantee, CTA."

077 Painkiller [Before]
"Make this feel like a painkiller, not a nice-to-have."

078 Urgency [After]
"Add urgency based on real consequences, not fake scarcity."

079 Angle Farm [After]
"Give me 10 different angles for this, each aimed at a different buyer pain."

080 Hook Farm [After]
"Give me 20 hooks. Make them punchy, specific, and varied."

081 Angle Rank [After]
"Rank these angles by likelihood to convert, then tell me which one to test first."

082 Postmortem [Before]
"Pretend this failed 90 days from now. Explain why it failed and what I should change today."

083 Pre-Mortem [Before]
"Before giving the plan, identify the 5 most likely failure points and how to prevent them."

084 90-Day [After]
"Turn this into a 90-day plan with weekly milestones and clear success metrics."

085 7-Day Sprint [After]
"Turn this into a 7-day execution sprint. Each day should have one outcome."

086 Daily SOP [After]
"Turn this into a daily operating process I can repeat without thinking."

087 Checklist [After]
"Turn this into a checklist with only the steps that matter."

088 Decision Tree [After]
"Turn this into a decision tree. If this happens, do that."

089 Scorecard [After]
"Create a scorecard I can use to judge this objectively."

090 Weighted Score [After]
"Score each option using weighted criteria, then give me the winner and why."

091 First Principles [Before]
"Break this down from first principles. What has to be true for this to work?"

092 Assumption Audit [Before]
"List the assumptions behind this idea, then rank them by risk."

093 Proof Gap [Before]
"Tell me what proof I still need before I should invest more time or money."

094 Data Gap [Before]
"Tell me what data I'm missing, how to get it, and what decision it would change."

095 Signal vs Noise [Before]
"Separate signal from noise. What actually matters here?"

096 Constraint [Before]
"Assume I only have 2 hours, £100, and no team. What would you do?"

097 Bottleneck [Before]
"Find the bottleneck. What one constraint is slowing everything else down?"

098 Leverage [Before]
"Find the highest leverage move. The thing that makes the next 10 steps easier."

099 Sequencer [After]
"Put this in the right order. What comes first, second, third, and what should wait?"

100 Dependency Map [After]
"Map the dependencies. What must be done before anything else can work?"