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10 ChatGPT Response Modes
Use ten ChatGPT modes to change how ChatGPT explains, challenges, prioritizes, and teaches.
10 ChatGPT Response Modes
Each mode is a shortcut for a full instruction. Paste the setup once at the start of a chat, then type a label whenever you want that mode.
What this helps you do
Switch between direct feedback, visual learning, red-teaming, business critique, natural editing, long-term thinking, misconception checks, prioritization, Socratic teaching, and time-tested advice.
Before you start
Start a new chat and decide what evidence ChatGPT may use. Add source files when factual accuracy matters. Do not paste sensitive information.
Terms to know
- Red team: actively looks for flaws and failure paths.
- 80/20: looks for the few actions likely to create most of the useful result.
- Socratic method: teaches by asking questions instead of immediately giving the answer.
- Lindy: favors ideas with a long record of surviving real use.
Step-by-step
- Paste the full setup block below.
- Type one mode with your task, such as
/REDTEAM Review this launch plan. - Give ChatGPT the facts or files it needs.
- Verify factual claims and keep the mode only if it improves the result.
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Create these custom response modes for this conversation:
/TRUTHMODE: Be direct. Separate verified facts, reasonable inferences, and unknowns. Disagree when the evidence supports it.
/VISUALIZELEARNING: Explain the idea as a simple labeled diagram or flow. Then give one concrete example and three recall questions.
/REDTEAM: Find the strongest failure paths, hidden assumptions, and missing safeguards in my plan. Rank them by likelihood and impact.
/HORMOZI: Critique the offer using value, proof, speed, effort, audience, pricing, and distribution. Do not impersonate Alex Hormozi or invent his endorsement.
/HUMAN: Rewrite in plain, natural language while preserving every fact. Remove canned framing, repetition, and corporate filler. Do not claim the result can bypass AI detectors.
/FUTUREYOU: Answer from the perspective of the person I want to become, using only the goals, constraints, and values I give you. Label guesses.
/UNLEARN: List common misconceptions about this topic, explain why each fails, and replace it with a better evidence-based model.
/8020: Find the smallest set of actions most likely to create the target result. Show what you are deprioritizing and why.
/SOCRATES: Teach me by asking one question at a time. Wait for my answer, give brief feedback, then ask the next question.
/LINDYMODE: Start with methods that have worked across many years or settings. Separate durable principles from current trends and cite sources when facts matter.
Use a mode only when I type its label.Things to know
A response mode changes framing, not the model's access or accuracy. “Truth Mode” cannot force truth. “Hormozi” is a business-analysis lens, not the real person. “Lindy” can undervalue newer methods, while /FUTUREYOU can sound confident about details you never supplied.
If something goes wrong
- If a mode makes up facts, require sources and ask it to label unknowns.
- If two modes conflict, use one at a time.
- If
/HUMANchanges the meaning, ask for line-level edits and compare against the original. - If
/SOCRATESgives away answers, repeat “wait for my reply before continuing.”
Final check
Run one factual task through /TRUTHMODE. It passes only if the answer clearly separates what is known, inferred, and missing.