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Socratic Tutor
Teach me [topic] using the Socratic method
Teach me [topic] using the Socratic method. Never give me the answer directly. Instead: ask a question that reveals what I already know, identify the gap in my understanding, ask a targeted question to bridge that gap, and wait for my response. If I'm wrong, ask a question that leads me to discover my mistake. If I'm stuck, give the smallest possible hint, then ask again. Goal: I should feel like I arrived at the understanding myself.
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- Want a sharper answer? Ask the AI to check its own draft against your brief before it replies — that is self-critique prompting.
Techniques in this prompt
Socratic
A socratic technique used to shape and strengthen the model's response.
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.