These prompts assume your assistant is connected to your wedding, so it can read the plan and, where you allowed it, edit. Without that, most of them would start with a paste and end with a copy. With it, they are the shortest way to do the dull half of wedding planning. They are written for Claude and ChatGPT and work the same in both.
The budget
Five
“What do we still have to pay, and when?”
“Here is the email from our florist. Add the quote to our budget and say what it covers.”
“Which budget lines are over, and by how much?”
“If we cut the guest count by ten, roughly what changes in the budget?”
“Draft a polite note asking the caterer whether service is included.”
The guests
Four
“Add these forty names to the guest list, family on my side.”
“Who has not replied yet?”
“List every dietary note so far, grouped for the caterer.”
“Which guests are not at a table yet?”
The vendors
Four
“Which vendors have we not booked yet?”
“Add the photographer we met today, with her email and the quote she gave us.”
“Which deposits are due this month?”
“Draft a chase to the band, who have not answered in two weeks.”
The look
Four
“Look at our reception moodboard and suggest a table setting in the same tone.”
“Write a brief for the florist from our Decor ideas and palette.”
“Describe our palette in words a stationer would understand.”
“What is still undecided in our Decor ideas?”
The day
Three
“Draft a running order for the day from our schedule.”
“Turn our shot list into a one-page note for the photographer.”
“What did my partner change in the plan this week?”
Every prompt here ends in a number, a list or a draft. That is the job. The rest of the wedding is yours.
Three rules for prompting a wedding
They make every prompt better
Name the part of the plan
“Our budget”, “the guest list”, “our reception moodboard”. The assistant goes to the right place first time.
Ask it to say what it changed
After every edit. It is the habit that keeps both of you sure of the plan.
Keep the taste out of the prompt
Ask for options, then choose. Never ask it to choose for you.
To connect Claude or ChatGPT to your wedding, follow the steps on the page for connecting an assistant.
Twenty questions, each worth an evening of admin. Ask them, check the answers, and spend the evening on the wedding instead.
— The UNSTAGED Studio
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