How 'prompt note' is used here In this channel's material, a prompt note is a written prompt saved as a note inside a notebook — in Steven Johnson's case, inside NotebookLM — so its context doesn't have to be retyped every time you want to run it. Johnson keeps one in the notebook while exploring NASA oral-history transcripts for an Apollo 1 documentary idea: the note holds the documentary framing plus a request for a surprising scientific or technological idea central to the fire [^0cc0dd07-dc88-5d83-8cf7-2f6e48821796@2329]. Why it matters - Reusability: the note lets you rerun a carefully worded prompt with all its context intact, instead of reconstructing it each session. - Curated context: it pairs naturally with the workflow of pinning resonant passages as notes, then asking for deliverables — like an opening script — grounded in those notes only. - Part of a loop: prompt notes sit alongside reader-guide prompts and the “suggest related ideas” prompt as repeatable moves in an exploration, not one-off commands. - A prompt note is a saved, reusable prompt stored as a note inside the notebook. - Johnson uses one to preserve the documentary framing and a specific request without retyping context [^0cc0dd07-dc88-5d83-8cf7-2f6e48821796@2329]. - It supports a repeatable explore-curate-deliver loop rather than ad hoc prompting.