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Care for a houseplant you're about to kill
It's drooping and you're guessing with water. Get a simple care card for that plant and the symptoms you see.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me care for a houseplant. Plant: [name or description] Symptoms: [yellow leaves, droop, dry soil] Light where it lives: [window direction] Watering habit: [how often] How long I've had it: [rough] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A simple care card (light, water, feed). 2. What the symptoms likely mean, with uncertainty marked. 3. A two-week recovery plan. 4. When to repot or stop and accept it's gone. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, diagnoses or legal outcomes. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. name or description: a short note you already have. yellow leaves, droop, dry soil: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Copilot
Help me care for a houseplant. Plant: [name or description] Symptoms: [yellow leaves, droop, dry soil] Light where it lives: [window direction] Watering habit: [how often] How long I've had it: [rough] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A simple care card (light, water, feed). 2. What the symptoms likely mean, with uncertainty marked. 3. A two-week recovery plan. 4. When to repot or stop and accept it's gone. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, diagnoses or legal outcomes. UK English. Stay in this Copilot chat. Leave plugins off, and do not open a file from OneDrive.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. name or description: a short note you already have. yellow leaves, droop, dry soil: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You name the plant if known and describe symptoms.
The assistant asks about light and watering habit.
You get a care card and a recovery plan.
What happens
Use Copilot to care for a houseplant you're about to kill
It's drooping and you're guessing with water. Get a simple care card for that plant and the symptoms you see.
Tools
Paste the prompt, fill the blanks, copy the draft.
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