You just read about why AI keeps getting things wrong. The knowledge cutoff, the defaults to average, the overeager intern energy. Now here's the fix that addresses almost all of it at once: a hot start document.
This is the walkthrough for the Try It Tonight prompt from Issue #5.
Every time you open a new chat, your AI starts from zero. It doesn't know your name, your job, your goals, or what good work looks like for you. So it guesses. And you already know where guessing gets you.
A hot start document fixes this. It's a short file that tells your AI everything it needs to know about you before you ask it to do anything. You build it once, attach it whenever you start a new chat or project, and watch the outputs actually start making sense.
Think of it as onboarding your AI the same way you'd onboard a new team member. You wouldn't hand someone a task with zero context on day one. Same rule applies here.
I want you to interview me, one question at a time, to build a context document about me. Cover my role, my goals, my current projects, my challenges, my working style, and anything else that would help you do better work for me. Wait for my answer before asking the next question.
Paste this into a new chat in Claude or ChatGPT. Then just answer the questions as they come. Be honest, be specific, and don't rush it. The better your answers, the better your document.
Your AI will ask you somewhere between 8 and 15 questions. Things like: