Prompt Templates
ChatGPT Prompts for Research
These ChatGPT prompts for research help with summarization, question framing, source comparison, and turning large amounts of information into clearer insights.
Research summary prompts
Summarize this article into the research question, method, main findings, and key limitations.
This creates a more useful summary than a broad request for notes.
Comparison prompts
Compare these three sources across argument, evidence quality, and how each one answers the same research question.
It helps organize multiple sources into a clearer framework.
Question framing prompts
Based on this topic area, suggest five research questions that are narrow enough for a short paper but still meaningful.
This is useful when the topic is too broad and needs refinement.
Gap analysis prompts
Review this literature summary and suggest what gaps, contradictions, or unanswered questions still remain.
It helps move from summary into insight generation.
Note synthesis prompts
Turn these rough research notes into themes, supporting evidence, and possible arguments for writing.
This makes large note sets easier to use in final work.
