SMARTER Prompt Deck
User context summary
This deck is for users who want short, spoken prompts they can read to AI for non-emergency self-care, caregiver support, planning, communication, and follow-through.
Use it for chronic, fluctuating, or stressful situations such as sleep disruption, fatigue, pain, digestion issues, mood strain, caregiver burden, recovery support, and life-transition overload.
Do not use this deck to ask for diagnosis, prognosis, medication changes, herbal prescribing, or emergency decisions.
How to use this deck
Read one prompt at a time, then wait for the AI response before moving to the next card.
Use the chain in order: Safety -> Main concern -> Pattern -> Plan -> Communication -> Tracking -> Review.
Keep your answers concrete: what is happening, how long, how severe, what affects it, what you already tried, and what help you need.
If the AI asks follow-up questions, answer briefly and then return to the next card.
Assess
“Start with safety. Ask me only the minimum questions needed to check whether this is routine self-care, urgent same-day care, or emergency care.”
“Help me define my main concern in one sentence, including when it started, how often it happens, how strong it is, and what daily activities it is affecting.”
“Turn what I tell you into a short symptom timeline: when this began, what changed, what makes it better or worse, and what is most disruptive right now.”
“Ask me five focused questions to clarify severity, function impact, and whether the pattern is stable, worsening, or fluctuating.”
“Help me separate facts from guesses. Make two lists: what I clearly know, and what still needs confirmation.”
“Act like a triage-trained health coach for non-emergency support. Summarize my concern, function impact, and any warning signs in plain language.”
Reason
“Help me identify likely pattern drivers without diagnosing: sleep, meals, hydration, movement, stress, routine changes, caregiving load, environment, and recent illness.”
“Review my medication, supplement, caffeine, alcohol, and substance context for organization purposes only. Flag items that should be reviewed with a clinician or pharmacist.”
“Ask me targeted questions about medications, supplements, missed doses, new products, and side effects so I can prepare for a pharmacist or clinician review.”
“Create a whole-person pattern summary that connects body symptoms, mood, energy, sleep, routine, and social stress in a neutral way.”
“Act like a clinical pharmacist preparing a medication review. Organize possible concerns, interaction questions, timing issues, and adherence barriers without changing my regimen.”
Decide
“Build a SMARTER plan for me with four horizons: 3-day stabilization, 2-week routine, 6-week habit building, and 3-month review.”
“Make the plan realistic for my energy, budget, schedule, and support level. Remove anything too hard, vague, or unlikely.”
“Convert the plan into a tiny daily checklist with morning, midday, evening, and ‘if symptoms flare’ actions.”
“Act like a rehabilitation-focused behavior coach. Prioritize pacing, hydration, meals, sleep routine, movement, breathing, and follow-through.”
Communicate
“Write a short message I can send to a clinician explaining my main concern, duration, severity, function impact, current medicines or supplements, and my top three questions.”
“Write a short summary for a caregiver, family member, or friend explaining what support would help me most this week.”
“Act like a care coordinator. Create a brief handoff note for a clinician, pharmacist, caregiver, or support worker with risks, goals, and next questions.”
Document
“Create a one-page tracking note for today with symptom level, sleep, meals, fluids, movement, stress, triggers, actions taken, and result.”
“Create a repeatable weekly review template that shows what improved, what worsened, what stayed the same, and what needs escalation.”
“Turn my situation into a visit-prep checklist: what to bring, what to say first, what questions to ask, and what changes to report.”
“Help me produce a brief pattern report using only what I have already told you, with no speculation and no diagnosis.”
Optional reflection
Use only if the user wants motivational, cultural, symbolic, or journaling language.
“Give me a brief reflection prompt that helps me notice what this situation is asking me to protect, change, or let go of, without using it for diagnosis or treatment decisions.”
“Reframe my plan in supportive adherence language using my preferred cultural, spiritual, or symbolic style, but keep all safety and treatment decisions grounded in standard care.”
Red flags to escalate
“I have sudden numbness or weakness, trouble speaking, confusion, trouble seeing, trouble walking, loss of balance, or a sudden severe headache.” This can fit stroke warning signs and needs emergency action.cdc+1
“I have chest pain or pressure, especially with shortness of breath, sweating, dizziness, faintness, or pain spreading to the jaw, neck, back, arm, or shoulder.” These are emergency warning signs for possible heart attack or other serious causes.harvard+1
“I am thinking about suicide, feel unable to stay safe, or I am worried someone else may be in immediate mental health crisis.” In the U.S., 988 provides free, confidential, 24/7 call, text, or chat crisis support.988california+1
Emergency Prompt Card
“Do not give me a routine self-care plan. Help me state the urgent problem clearly for emergency or urgent care, including what started, when, the warning signs, and my current medicines.”
Urgent Visit Prompt Card
“Help me prepare a same-day message for urgent care or my clinician with the exact symptoms, timing, severity, red flags, and what changed today.”
