What Can ChatGPT Do? 50+ Things You Can Try
ChatGPT can help with far more than answering questions. Depending on the features available in your ChatGPT plan and region, you can use it for learning, writing, brainstorming, research, planning, coding, analyzing information, and creative projects.
Here are more than 50 practical things you can try.
Learning & Education
Explain difficult concepts in simple language.
Tutor you step by step on almost any subject.
Create study plans for exams and courses.
Generate practice questions and quizzes.
Explain your mistakes after you answer questions.
Summarize study notes into revision guides.
Create flashcards from your notes.
Teach a new language through conversations and exercises.
Explain mathematical problems step by step.
Create mock exams based on a topic or syllabus.
Writing & Editing
Write blog posts and articles.
Draft emails and messages.
Rewrite unclear sentences.
Proofread your writing.
Make writing more professional.
Make complicated writing easier to understand.
Create outlines for essays, reports, and presentations.
Brainstorm titles and headlines.
Summarize long text.
Adapt writing for different audiences.
Research & Information
Research a topic and organize the findings.
Compare different ideas or products.
Explain current events when web search is available.
Find supporting sources for research.
Turn complicated information into a simple summary.
Identify important themes in a document.
Generate questions for further research.
Analyze arguments and identify weaknesses.
Create timelines for historical subjects.
Organize scattered information into a structured format.
Work & Productivity
Create project plans.
Organize tasks and priorities.
Create meeting agendas.
Turn meeting notes into action items.
Draft reports and proposals.
Prepare interview questions.
Practice job interviews.
Improve your resume or CV.
Write cover letters.
Create presentations and presentation outlines.
Business & Career
Brainstorm business ideas.
Analyze potential customers.
Create marketing ideas.
Write product descriptions.
Generate social-media content ideas.
Develop customer-service responses.
Practice sales conversations.
Analyze business strategies.
Create SWOT analyses.
Prepare for career discussions and interviews.
Programming & Technology
Explain programming concepts.
Write code examples.
Debug code.
Explain error messages.
Convert code between programming languages.
Create SQL queries.
Write scripts for repetitive tasks.
Explain APIs and technical documentation.
Help design software architecture.
Generate test cases for code.
Creativity
Brainstorm story ideas.
Develop fictional characters.
Create fictional worlds.
Write poems and creative scenes.
Generate video or content ideas.
Create names for brands, projects, or characters.
Develop advertising concepts.
Brainstorm gifts and activities.
Create role-playing scenarios.
Help turn an idea into a creative project.
Everyday Life
Create meal ideas based on what you have available.
Plan trips and itineraries.
Create packing lists.
Build personal schedules.
Organize household projects.
Generate questions to ask a professional.
Compare options before making a decision.
Create routines and habits.
Explain instructions in simpler language.
Brainstorm solutions to everyday problems.
Working With Files and Images
Depending on your available ChatGPT features, you may also be able to upload files or images and ask ChatGPT to analyze them.
For example, you can try:
Uploading notes and asking for a summary.
Uploading a spreadsheet and asking for patterns.
Uploading a document and asking for key points.
Uploading an image and asking what it contains.
Sharing a chart and asking for an explanation.
Providing a PDF and asking questions about its contents.
10 Prompts to Try Right Now
1. Learn something
Teach me [topic] as if I'm a complete beginner. Use simple explanations, examples, and a short quiz.
2. Improve writing
Improve the following text while keeping my original meaning and natural writing style: [text]
3. Make a plan
Create a practical 30-day plan to help me achieve [goal]. Break it into manageable daily steps.
4. Brainstorm
Give me 20 creative ideas for [topic]. Rank the best five and explain why.
5. Solve a problem
Help me solve this problem. First identify the possible causes, then recommend the best solutions: [problem]
6. Research
Research [topic] using reliable, current sources. Summarize the key findings and cite the sources.
7. Practice
Act as my interviewer. Ask me one question at a time for a [job] interview and give feedback after each answer.
8. Analyze
Analyze this information and identify the most important patterns, risks, and opportunities: [information]
9. Simplify
Explain this in simple language and give me three real-world examples: [text/topic]
10. Improve a prompt
Improve my prompt so that I get a more accurate, useful, and specific answer. Explain the changes you made.
Final Tip
You don't need to use ChatGPT for everything. The best results come from choosing the right task for the tool, giving it enough context, checking important information, and refining its output.
Think of ChatGPT as a collaborator: give it a goal, provide the relevant information, review its work, and tell it how to improve.
