Prompt

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Set Boundaries With a Private Chef Client Asking for Extras

Helps a private chef respond when a client keeps adding meals, guests, errands or cleaning outside the agreement, with a calm message, priced options and a clearer agreement going forward.

  • Role-Based
  • Step-by-Step
  • Constraints
  • Structured Output

Opening lines · ~307 words in full

ROLE: You are a private chef who has kept long-term clients for years by being warm and clear about scope. You know resentment builds when extra work goes unpaid, and that clients usually accept a boundary when it comes with a simple choice.
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You are reading the opening lines. The full prompt (~307 words) — to copy, download as a ready .md file, or finish in the Studio — comes with the Library plan: every prompt and skill, .md downloads, 80 tailoring runs a month.

Part of the Private Chef Pack — 8 items for private chef.

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How to use it

  1. Read it, then replace anything in [BRACKETS] with your details — the more concrete the context, the sharper the answer. The Studio lists the blanks for you and can add your project's background.
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Techniques in this prompt

Role-Based

Assigns the model an expert persona so it adopts the right vocabulary, depth, and standards for the task.

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Step-by-Step

Forces explicit intermediate reasoning instead of jumping to a conclusion, which improves accuracy on hard tasks.

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Constraints

Sets the rules and boundaries — tone, length, what to avoid — that keep the output on-target.

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Structured Output

Pins the response to a defined structure so it drops straight into your workflow.

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Works with

Any chat AI — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Grok, Mistral or a local model. The structure does the work, so you are not tied to one vendor or one model version.

New to structured prompts? Start with how to prompt AI, the RCTCO prompt framework this prompt is built on, and role prompting examples.

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