Most AI weekly review prompts produce the same output: a polished version of what you already knew.
The prompts below are designed differently. Each one forces a specific kind of analysis that’s harder to do manually — pattern recognition, priority alignment, behavioral diagnosis — and requires only your calendar as a minimum data input.
Copy these directly. Edit the bracketed sections with your actual data. Run them in any AI chat tool.
Prompt 1: Single-Week Pattern Analysis
Use this as your default review prompt. It produces a structured analysis of one week and surfaces the behavioral change most likely to improve the next one.
Here is my week's calendar and task data. Please analyze it and return:
1. The single most significant win this week (specific outcome, not general praise)
2. The clearest pattern in what didn't get done — framed at the system level
(e.g., "three deep work blocks were converted to meetings" rather than
"you didn't protect focus time")
3. One specific behavioral change for next week — concrete enough to put
on a calendar
Do not give me a list. One win, one pattern, one behavioral change.
Week data:
[paste calendar + any task completions here]Prompt 2: Multi-Week Trend Analysis
Use this after three or four weeks of weekly review notes. Multi-week analysis surfaces patterns that single-week analysis misses — the gradual drift, the recurring type of interruption, the category that’s been declining for a month.
Here are my last four weekly review summaries. Please identify:
1. Any pattern in what types of work consistently get deferred or
displaced across multiple weeks
2. Whether my stated weekly priorities and my actual calendar allocation
are trending toward alignment or away from it
3. One systemic change — not a weekly tweak, but something structural —
that would address the most significant multi-week pattern
Base your analysis only on evidence in the summaries. Flag anything
that is inference rather than direct observation.
Weekly review summaries:
[paste 4 week summaries here]Prompt 3: Priority Alignment Check
Use this when you suspect your calendar doesn’t reflect your actual priorities — but you’re not sure where the misalignment is. This prompt forces an explicit comparison between what you say matters and where your time actually went.
I'm going to give you two things: my stated top priorities for last week,
and my actual calendar. Please:
1. Calculate the approximate percentage of work time I spent on each
stated priority
2. Identify which priority received the least time relative to its stated
importance
3. Name the specific activity or category that displaced the
under-resourced priority
4. Suggest one calendar change that would better align next week's
schedule with my priorities
My stated priorities for last week:
[list your 3–5 stated priorities]
My actual calendar:
[paste calendar]Prompt 4: Open Loop Audit
Use this when you have a sense that things are falling through the cracks but you can’t pinpoint what. Paste a broad data dump — calendar, email subject lines, task list, any notes — and ask the AI to surface what’s incomplete.
I'm going to paste a broad data dump of my week: calendar, inbox
subject lines, task list, and any notes. Please:
1. Identify any commitments or actions that appear open (started but
not completed, mentioned but not followed up)
2. Flag any items that appear twice or more, suggesting they've been
deferred repeatedly
3. Surface anything that seems time-sensitive that I may not have
noticed
List only what you find in the data. Do not add suggestions or advice.
Week data dump:
[paste everything]Prompt 5: Next-Week Planning from Review Output
Use this at the end of the review, after you’ve completed your analysis. It converts your review findings into a structured weekly plan with implementation intentions.
Here is my weekly review output: the win from last week, the main
pattern I identified, and the one behavioral change I'm making.
Please help me translate this into a concrete next-week plan:
1. Suggest where in my calendar the behavioral change should be
scheduled (specific days and times based on the calendar I'll paste)
2. Name the two or three outcomes that would make next week a success,
based on the priorities visible in my calendar
3. Write each outcome as an implementation intention:
"On [day] at [time] I will [specific action]"
My review output:
Win: [paste]
Pattern: [paste]
Behavioral change: [paste]
Next week's calendar (current state):
[paste next week's calendar]Using These Prompts Together
Each prompt is standalone, but they build on each other naturally.
A complete AI-augmented weekly review runs Prompt 1 for the single-week analysis, then ends with Prompt 5 to convert the output into a scheduled plan. Add Prompt 2 once you have a few weeks of review notes. Run Prompt 3 when you suspect priority misalignment, and Prompt 4 when you feel like something is slipping without being able to name it.
Total time to run Prompts 1 and 5: under 15 minutes, including reading and evaluating the outputs.
Open a new chat session and run Prompt 1 with this week’s calendar data before you close this tab.
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- The Complete Guide to Weekly Review Systems
- How to Run a Weekly Review: Step-by-Step
- The Weekly Review Framework That Actually Sticks
- Beyond Time Weekly Review: A Full Walkthrough
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What data should I paste into these prompts?
At minimum: your calendar for the week (a copy-paste from Google Calendar's agenda view works fine). For richer analysis: add task completions from your task manager, any time-tracking data you have, and brief notes about anything notable. The AI can work with rough data — don't wait for perfect tracking before running a prompt.
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Which prompt should I use if I'm short on time?
Prompt 1 (the single-week pattern analysis) is the most general-purpose and fastest to run. It takes about 90 seconds to paste your calendar data and read the output. If you only use one prompt from this list, use Prompt 1.