Which of these five prompts should I run first?

Prompt 1 — the baseline assessment. Every other prompt builds on the context it establishes. Running a scheduling prompt before you've assessed your baseline produces a plan that fits a generic user, not you. The baseline prompt takes about 10 minutes and makes everything that follows more useful.

How often should I run the weekly review prompt?

Once per week, ideally on the same day each week. Sunday works well because it lets you adjust before the new week starts rather than after it's underway. The review takes 10–15 minutes and is the single highest-leverage use of AI for health planning.

Should I use all five prompts from the start?

No. Start with Prompt 1, then use Prompt 2 to schedule the behaviors you identify. Prompts 3, 4, and 5 are triggered by circumstances: disruption (Prompt 3), the end of each week (Prompt 4), and the 30-day mark (Prompt 5). Trying to use all five immediately adds complexity before you've tested whether the basics work.

5 AI Prompts That Make Health Planning Actually Work

Most people don’t need more information about health. They need better tools for converting what they know into a system that runs in the background of their actual life.

These five prompts are the operational core of health planning with AI. Each one addresses a specific phase of the planning cycle — baseline, scheduling, disruption, review, and calibration. Copy them, fill in the brackets, and run them in order.

Note: These prompts support planning and habit design. They are not medical tools. Consult a clinician for health conditions requiring professional care.

Prompt 1: Baseline Assessment

Use this before designing any plan. It establishes where you actually are.

I want to build a sustainable health plan across four domains: sleep, movement, nutrition, and stress. Before I set any goals, help me assess my current baseline honestly.

Here is where I actually am right now:

Sleep: I go to bed around [time], wake at [time]. Consistency: [varies a lot / fairly consistent / very consistent]. Main issues: [trouble falling asleep / waking up early / not enough hours / feel unrested / none].

Movement: [I'm mostly sedentary / I walk occasionally / I exercise 1-2x per week / I exercise regularly]. Constraints: [no gym nearby / joint issues / work from home / travel frequently / none].

Nutrition: I typically [cook most meals / cook 2-3 times a week / rarely cook / order out most nights]. Main challenge: [no time / don't know what to make / too tired in evenings / other].

Stress: My current recovery practices are [none / occasional walks / meditation / other]. Current stress level: [high / moderate / manageable].

For each domain, reflect back what you observe about my current state. Don't give me a plan yet — just tell me what you see.

Prompt 2: Minimum Viable Behavior Design + Scheduling

Use this immediately after Prompt 1, with AI’s reflection fresh in the conversation.

Based on my baseline, help me define one minimum viable behavior (MVB) for each of the four health pillars.

For each MVB:
1. Make it small enough to execute on my worst day
2. Specify when and where it happens (not just what it is)
3. Anchor it to an existing habit using this format: "After I [existing habit], I will [new behavior]"
4. Suggest a specific time to block on my calendar

My current weekly schedule looks like this:
[Describe your typical weekday schedule — when you work, when you have meetings, when you have family obligations, when you typically eat or rest]

Also flag the two most likely reasons each MVB might get displaced in a given week, and suggest one way to protect against each.

Prompt 3: Disruption Recovery

Use this when travel, illness, deadlines, or life events have broken your plan.

My health plan has been disrupted this week. Here's what happened: [describe the disruption — travel, deadline, illness, family event, etc.]

My four minimum viable behaviors are:
- Sleep: [describe]
- Movement: [describe]
- Nutrition: [describe]
- Stress: [describe]

I don't want to restart from scratch. I want to identify the minimum mode version of this plan that I can maintain through the remainder of this disruption period.

For each pillar, tell me:
1. Whether the MVB is executable in my current situation (yes/no)
2. If not, the smallest version that is executable
3. How to return to the full plan when the disruption ends — specifically what I do on the first normal day

Do not redesign the whole system. Just help me maintain continuity and rebuild.

Prompt 4: Weekly Review

Run this every week, ideally Sunday morning or Monday before your week starts.

Weekly health review — week of [date]:

My four minimum viable behaviors are:
- Sleep: [describe]
- Movement: [describe]
- Nutrition: [describe]
- Stress: [describe]

My consistency this week:
- Sleep: [hit/miss each night — e.g., Mon hit, Tue hit, Wed miss, Thu hit, Fri miss, Sat hit, Sun hit]
- Movement: [hit/miss each planned session]
- Nutrition: [cooked X nights, planned Y]
- Stress break: [hit/miss most days — any pattern]

What disrupted the misses: [describe the main reasons behaviors didn't happen]

Give me exactly three things:
1. The pillar where consistency was strongest and why it worked
2. The pillar most at risk and the specific friction causing it
3. One change to make to next week's plan — just one, not a system overhaul

Prompt 5: 30-Day Calibration

Run this at the 30-day mark to decide whether to maintain, upgrade, or adjust.

I've been following my 4-Pillar health plan for 30 days. Here is a summary of my consistency:

Sleep: [X out of 30 nights hit target]
Movement: [X out of planned sessions completed]
Nutrition: [X out of planned cooking nights completed]
Stress break: [X out of planned breaks completed]

The pillar I struggled with most: [describe]
The biggest surprise (positive or negative): [describe]
What I feel different about compared to 30 days ago: [describe]

Based on this, help me decide:
Option A: Keep the current plan stable for another 30 days (if consistency is below 70%)
Option B: Upgrade one MVB to the next level (if consistency is above 80% for that pillar)
Option C: Redesign a specific pillar that isn't working (if one pillar has been consistently fragile)

Tell me which option fits my situation and, if I'm making a change, what specifically that change should be.

These five prompts cover the full operational cycle: assess, design, recover, review, calibrate. Run them in sequence as your health plan progresses and you’ll have a continuous feedback loop that catches problems before they become defaults.

Your next action: Copy Prompt 1, fill in your actual baseline across the four domains, and run it right now. The whole assessment takes under ten minutes.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which of these five prompts should I run first?

Prompt 1 — the baseline assessment. Every other prompt builds on the context it establishes. Running a scheduling prompt before you've assessed your baseline produces a plan that fits a generic user, not you. The baseline prompt takes about 10 minutes and makes everything that follows more useful.
How often should I run the weekly review prompt?

Once per week, ideally on the same day each week. Sunday works well because it lets you adjust before the new week starts rather than after it's underway. The review takes 10–15 minutes and is the single highest-leverage use of AI for health planning.
Should I use all five prompts from the start?

No. Start with Prompt 1, then use Prompt 2 to schedule the behaviors you identify. Prompts 3, 4, and 5 are triggered by circumstances: disruption (Prompt 3), the end of each week (Prompt 4), and the 30-day mark (Prompt 5). Trying to use all five immediately adds complexity before you've tested whether the basics work.