An optional family-memory interview
Create ten open-ended questions about the interviewee’s own memories, places, preparation and changes. Customise for your actual gathering and verify the facts. Paste this prompt into ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude or Grok, change the parts in brackets to suit you, and generate.
- Written for
- ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok
- Status
- Tested 9 Oct 2026 in Grok, 9 Oct 2026 (one run; model id not exposed)
- Test settings
- The page's exact default prompt was run once in Grok on 9 Oct 2026. The default details already written on the page were the input. They are illustrative, not a record of a real event. ChatGPT and Gemini were not used. The first result was kept.
- Variability
- A different set of details, or another run, will change the wording. This is the first result for the defaults on this page.
Prompt
Create ten open-ended questions about the interviewee’s own memories, places, preparation and changes. Include permission to record, skip options and blank attribution/date fields. Do not invent answers, force sensitive disclosure or present recollections as verified history. Occasion and community context: Name the occasion and family, regional or community context. Do not assume a universal practice. Source material: Paste the confirmed facts, source text or records required by this task. This guidance is empty input, not evidence. Audience and tone: Specify private organiser, family group or public reader, and the preferred tone. If the notes do not say who is being interviewed, ask and stop. Each question must be answerable from that person's own memory, and each one needs a way to skip. Do not write sample answers. Do not treat a recollection as checked history.
Customise
For example: a family lunch, not a public event.
Paste the notes or records the draft must follow.
For example: a private note to family, in plain words.
Fields start with illustrative values; replace them with your own facts. The prompt updates as you type. Copy prompt copies your version.
Example output
Actual tested output. The notes used for this result are an example, not a real event. This box is not copied. Replace the notes above with your own before you paste the prompt.
Who is being interviewed? The notes do not say, so I am stopping here. Send the person's name and the occasion or context. Each question will be answerable from that person's own memory, and each one will have a way to skip. I will not write sample answers, and I will not treat a recollection as checked history.
How to use it
- Open ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok or Claude.
- Paste the prompt and replace the [BRACKETS] with your details.
- Review names, facts and the requested format; follow up with corrections or missing details.
How to use this prompt
- Fill Customise with your real details. Do not let the tool guess a missing fact. Write the missing information clearly if you need to.
- Press Copy prompt and paste it into the AI app named above. This page copies the prompt. The answer is created in the external app.
- Check names, facts, numbers, language and the format you asked for. If something is wrong or incomplete, ask for a correction.
Good to know
- Written and structurally reviewed as an editable prompt; not independently run in a named AI app. Supply the requested source facts and verify the draft before use. A visual preview shows the task format, not an AI-tested result. Run once in Grok on 9 Oct 2026 using the illustrative defaults on this page. Check the draft against your own facts before you use it.
- Check facts before you rely on the answer.
