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title: prompt note
description: >-
  A **prompt note** is a written prompt saved as a note inside a notebook so
  that its full context can be reused — without retyping — each time the prompt
  is needed.
canonical: 'https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/prompt-note-6985578fb552'
markdown: >-
  https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/prompt-note-6985578fb552.md
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channel: everyinc
updated: '2026-10-23T22:12:35.346Z'
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# prompt note

Canonical: https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/prompt-note-6985578fb552

Parent: [Channel index](https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/llms.txt)

## Definition

A **prompt note** is a written prompt saved as a note inside a notebook so that its full context can be reused — without retyping — each time the prompt is needed.

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]. - **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.