Josh Branchaud jbranchaud

Some starter prompts for having conversations with AI where the AI asks the questions and you get to answer.

Try pasting one of these into your favorite conversational LLM tool (I like to use Claude Sonnet) and see where their questions take you. Modify them as needed to tailor it to your situation.

Morning Pages

I'd like to do a guided form of "Morning Pages" with you, for 15 minutes, where you ask me one question at a time and I answer. The questions can build on each other, but it is also fine to go off in another direction if it could be fruitful. The idea is for me to get all the things in my head, out on paper at the beginning of the day. A light goal is getting some clarify on what to work on today, but the process of "brain dumping" is more important than any particular end result.

Remember, one question at a time. Go ahead and ask me the first question.

	#!/bin/bash

	# file_info.sh - A script to provide comprehensive information about a file
	# Usage: ./file_info.sh <filename>

	set -e

	# Color definitions
	RED='\033[0;31m'
	GREEN='\033[0;32m'

	# config/initializers/validate_constraints.rb
	Rails.application.config.after_initialize do
	if Rails.env.development? \|\| Rails.env.test?
	# Get the check constraint from the database schema
	connection = ActiveRecord::Base.connection
	constraint_sql = nil

	# Try to extract the constraint SQL
	begin
	# For PostgreSQL, you can query the information_schema

	#!/bin/bash

	# Check if fzf is installed
	if ! command -v fzf &> /dev/null; then
	echo "Error: fzf is not installed. Please install it first."
	echo "You can install it with:"
	echo " - On macOS: brew install fzf"
	echo " - On Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt install fzf"
	echo " - On other systems: see https://github.com/junegunn/fzf#installation"
	exit 1

	/** @type {import("@johnlindquist/kit")} */

	// Name: Export all Chrome Tabs
	// Description: Export all Chrome Tabs to Clipboard

	let jxa = await npm("@jxa/run");

	let result = await jxa.run(() => {
	// This was taking too long for windows with TONS of Chrome tabs. AppleScript
	// was timing out.

	[
	{
	"Plan": {
	"Node Type": "Sort",
	"Parallel Aware": false,
	"Async Capable": false,
	"Startup Cost": 25.77,
	"Total Cost": 25.78,
	"Plan Rows": 1,
	"Plan Width": 164,

	package main

	import (
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
	"regexp"
	"strings"
	"time"

	# Send More Money
	#
	# Verbal Arithmetic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbal_arithmetic

	letters = %i[s e n d m o r y]

	check = ->(vals) do
	# leading zeros are not allowed
	return false if vals[:s] == 0 \|\| vals[:m] == 0

	-- from the People, Postgres, Data Discord https://discord.com/channels/710918545906597938/710918545906597941/1214677867431206932

	CREATE TABLE todo_list (
	id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY,
	list_name TEXT NOT NULL,
	item_order INT[] NULL
	);

	CREATE TABLE todo_list_item (
	id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY,

	/** @type {import("@johnlindquist/kit")} */

	// Name: Get Email for Newsletter
	// Description: Create email address with current domain interpolated

	const createEmailWithDomain = (baseEmail, { url }) => {
	const [emailUser, emailDomain] = baseEmail.split("@");

	const urlObj = new URL(url);
	let domain = urlObj.host.split(".");