Five months ago I posted that line in quotes. It hit. People were smashing the like and celebrate buttons 😜
Today I’m taking it further.

The technique is metaprompting... asking AI to write the prompt you’ll then use with AI. Very meta. Also very effective.

And now that I voice-dictate nearly all my prompts, metaprompting got even better. I talk messy and fast... the model hands back a clean, purpose-built prompt... I run it... and the results are consistently better than anything I’d type from scratch. It’s one of those “never going back” moments.

Why metaprompting works

• Clarity on demand. You speak intent... AI turns it into a crisp instruction set.

• Fewer blind spots. The meta step adds missing constraints, edge cases, and format.

• Reusable assets. Great prompts become bricks you can remix for future tasks.

• Speed. Dictate the idea once... get a production-ready prompt in seconds.

The 3-step workflow I use with voice dictation

1. Dictate the goal
   “I need a cold outreach opener for a director at a robotics startup... tone friendly... 90 words... reference their recent funding... avoid buzzwords.”

2. Ask for the metaprompt
   “Turn that into the best possible prompt for GPT-style models. Add missing constraints, ask clarifying questions, and output the final prompt in a code block.”

3. Run the prompt
   Paste the returned prompt into your model of choice... or ask the assistant to run it directly.

I keep this loop running in a single chat so I can iterate by voice... “shorter opener... try playful... add a P.S. about our Pittsburgh meetup.”

Copy-paste metaprompt templates

1) Prompt Engineer On Call

2) Critique... Improve... Then Re-write

3) Chain-Builder

Good places to use it

• Research briefs and interview guides

• Spreadsheet formulas and data-cleanup recipes

• Design prompts for images or slide layouts

• Outreach copy and follow-ups

• Tiny tools... Regex, SQL, shell snippets

Voice dictation tips

• Start with Goal... Inputs... Constraints... Format... Tone

• Say “no private data” when it matters

• Ask the meta step to confirm before running

• Save great metaprompts to a doc so future you can steal from past you

Shoutout to folks in my feed like Tal Ravi, Gregory Kamradt, and Jordan Crawford who keep pushing this technique.

PS... big ups to the team at Wispr Flow for excellent dictation software (no affiliation).