prompt-design 3

I use this prompt to generate sketchnotes on Gemini: Draw this as a visually rich, intricately detailed, colorful, and funny, sketchnote. Below that, I paste (or attach) whatever content I want it to draw. I also turn on “Create Images” and switch the model to “Pro” (for better thinking.) Here are some examples of how to use it. Summarize articles. Pick email, report, news, or website. Here’s a sketchnote for this article: How to use AI for research. I used the prompt above and pasted the article text. ...

I use comics to make my course more engaging. Each question has a comic strip that explains what question is trying to teach. For example, here’s the comic for the question that teaches students about prompt injection attacks: For each question, I use this prompt on Nano Banano Pro via Gemini 3 Pro: Create a simple black and white line drawing comic strips with minimal shading, with 1-2 panels, and clear speech bubbles with capitalized text, to explain why my online student quizzes teach a specific concept in a specific way. Use the likeness of the characters and style in the attached image from https://files.s-anand.net/images/gb-shuv-genie.avif. 1. GB: an enthusiastic socially oblivious geek chatterbox 2. Shuv: a cynic whose humor is at the expense of others 3. Genie: a naive, over-helpful AI that pops out of a lamp Their exaggerated facial expressions to convey their emotions effectively. --- Panel 1/2 (left): GB (excited): I taught Genie to follow orders. Shuv (deadpan): Genie, beat yourself to death. Panel 2/2 (right): Genie is a bloody mess, having beaten itself to death. GB (sheepish): Maybe obedient isn't always best... … along with this reference image for character consistency: ...

GPT-5 (Codex) follows instructions exactly as given. Usually a good thing, but sometimes, it this is what happens. AGENTS.md: ALWAYS WRITE TESTS before coding. Codex: Let me begin with the tests. (Spends 5 minutes writing tests.) Anand: Stop! This is a proof of concept. We don’t need tests! AGENTS.md: Write tests before coding. Drop tests for proof-of-concepts. Codex: (Proceeds to delete all existing tests.) Anand: STOP! We need those tests! ...