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AI Fluency

AI Tool Selector

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    Open any AI you use. Free or paid, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini all work.

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    Copy the complete prompt below using the button.

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    Paste into the chat and follow the instructions.

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    Answer honestly and concisely when asked.

What this prompt does

Diagnoses why a task is slow, error-prone, or avoided before recommending which AI tool actually fixes it.

Most "which AI tool should I use" questions get answered before anyone checks whether the tool is even the problem. This prompt starts by diagnosing what is actually broken about the task itself: is it slow because of its shape, error-prone because of unclear instructions, or avoided for a reason that has nothing to do with difficulty. The tool recommendation is the last step, not the first.

It is built for anyone with three AI subscriptions open who still does not know which one to use for what, or who keeps switching apps hoping the next one fixes a problem the last one did not actually cause. You answer five intake questions, the AI weighs your answer against a diagnosis matched to your specific symptom, and it separates a tool problem from a setup problem before naming either.

You walk away with one named cause, one specific tool and mode matched to it, or the honest verdict that no new tool is needed at all, one popular tool to avoid for this task, and the two-test method to make this call yourself on the next hundred tasks.

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