Three questions I ask before writing any prompt:

1. Who can answer this? Give it a role.
2. What information solves the problem? Add constraints, context, numbers.
3. What is the goal? Not “help me”. State an outcome.

Put together:

You’re a senior engineering manager who has scaled teams from 5 to 20 people.

My team of 8 developers spends 40% of sprint time on code reviews. Today: PRs need 2 approvals, no size limits, reviews happen async.

Give me 3 process changes where AI can cut this time.

The structure does the work. The role narrows the answer, the numbers ground it, the goal points it somewhere.