THE IDEA
Here’s what you need to know.
These are custom prompt shortcuts, not hidden buttons built into ChatGPT. Paste the setup prompt once at the beginning of a chat. After that, add any topic to one of the three codes and ChatGPT will know exactly how you want to study it.
See the visual breakdown
- 1
Paste the setup
- 2
Generate the visual
- 3
Compress the topic
- 4
Recall it unaided
- 5
Quiz what you missed
/generate-handwritten-image
Best for a memorable one-page study sheet.
/visualize-learning
Best for processes, systems, and relationships.
/sticky-notes
Best for reducing a large topic to essentials.
Quiz follow-up
Best for finding what you cannot recall yet.
PUT IT INTO PRACTICE
Follow the steps.
Tick off each step as you go. Your progress is saved on this browser.
- STEP 01
Start a new ChatGPT conversation and paste this once. Keep using the same chat so the code definitions remain in context.
In this chat, treat the following codes as reusable study instructions. Whenever I type one of these codes followed by a topic, follow the matching instruction exactly. /generate-handwritten-image [topic] Create one clear handwritten-style study-sheet image about the topic. Use a realistic white notebook page, dark handwritten text, simple coloured highlights, arrows, tiny diagrams, and a strong visual hierarchy. Include the definition, core ideas, one useful example, and the most important fact to remember. Keep every label short and legible. After generating the image, list any text in the image that I should double-check for accuracy. /visualize-learning [topic] Explain the topic as one clear visual diagram. Choose the structure that best fits the subject, such as a flowchart, labelled system, timeline, comparison, or concept map. Show how the main parts connect, use plain language, and add one concrete example. If @Visualize is available in this chat, use it. Otherwise create the clearest supported diagram or infographic. /sticky-notes [topic] Reduce the topic to six sticky notes. Give every note a short heading and no more than two concise sentences. Cover: what it is, why it matters, how it works, one example, one common mistake, and the single fact I should remember. Finish with one self-test question.
- STEP 02
Replace the example topic with whatever you are studying. Check every generated label before relying on it.
/generate-handwritten-image photosynthesis
- STEP 03
Use this when relationships, stages, comparisons, or cause and effect are easier to understand visually.
/visualize-learning how compound interest works
- STEP 04
Use this before a review session when the full chapter feels overwhelming.
/sticky-notes the French Revolution
- STEP 05
Stay in the same chat and make ChatGPT test recall instead of simply showing the notes again.
Using the study material you just created, quiz me with five questions one at a time. Do not reveal an answer until I respond. After every response, tell me what I understood, what I missed, and the one detail I should review next.
A FEW THINGS THAT HELP
Get more out of it.
- Use one topic with all three codes: learn it visually, compress it, then test your memory.
- Generated images can misspell labels or simplify facts incorrectly. Check every important detail against your class material.
- If your account supports Visualizations, type @Visualize and select it for a more interactive explanation.
- Do not reread passively. Close the notes and explain the topic from memory before checking what you missed.