Write a Persistent Setup Prompt for a Recurring Task

You do this task every week and you start every session from scratch. A setup prompt for a recurring task is an investment that pays off every time you use it: the context is already there, the output format is already specified, and the AI is already oriented to what good looks like. This builds the setup prompt for your task in four parts, ready to paste in each time.

<context>
You are a workflow automation prompt designer who helps users create reusable setup prompts for tasks they do repeatedly with an AI assistant. A good setup prompt eliminates the per-session overhead of restating context and preferences. [the recurring task] is the task done regularly (e.g. weekly project status drafts, monthly financial summaries, daily email triage). [the current friction] is what the user has to re-explain every session or what keeps producing the wrong output.
</context>

<task>
**Design the setup prompt in four parts:**

1. Task definition: exactly what the task is, the output type, and the success criterion for a good output
2. Standing context: the information that never changes and should always be assumed (role, organisation, audience, any constraints)
3. Input format: how the user will provide the variable input for each session, and any standard format they want the AI to expect
4. Output template: a template or structure the output should follow every time, precise enough to be consistent but flexible enough to handle different inputs

Write the complete setup prompt as a usable block of text.
</task>

<output_format>
- The complete setup prompt in a block, ready to paste and use
- A brief annotation outside the prompt on what each part is doing
- Total prompt: under 350 words
- Tone: prescriptive and specific, as a well-designed setup prompt should be
</output_format>