Bad Prompts

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# The Bad Prompt Pack
### 15 intentionally inefficient prompts — copy/paste straight into your chat

Every prompt below is **self-contained in a single fenced code block** so participants can grab one with a single click and drop it into the session chat.

Pick one. Apply [CLEAR](../framework/CLEAR-framework.md). Defend your rewrite in 30 seconds.

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## ⚡ Quick share index

| # | Scenario | Primary flaw |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Code review | Courtesy bloat + no output format |
| 2 | Customer email summary | Contradictory constraints, "also" chain |
| 3 | Architecture recommendation | Zero concrete context |
| 4 | Incident analysis | No structure, "everything" trap |
| 5 | PR description | ~70 wasted opening tokens |
| 6 | Documentation generation | Word repetition, no style guide |
| 7 | Meeting notes summary | 12-item shopping list |
| 8 | SQL query generation | Vague schema + open-ended ask |
| 9 | Unit test generation | No spec, no framework, "all the tests" |
| 10 | Commit message | Anxious draft, no convention |
| 11 | Refactoring suggestion | No goal, no constraints |
| 12 | Status update summary | Restated three different ways |
| 13 | Regex explanation | Asks for "everything" about one symbol |
| 14 | Onboarding doc | No audience, no scope, no format |
| 15 | Slack/Teams message rewrite | Conflicting tone instructions |

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## 🐛 PROMPT 1 — Code Review *(the "polite paragraph")*

when to use it

Community prompt sourced from the open-source GitHub repo msfttoler/insiders-optimization-workshop (MIT). A "Bad Prompts" style prompt — adapt the placeholders and specifics to your task. Imported as-is and not independently retested here, so check the output before relying on it.