The best Gemini prompts for founders
In short: Prompts written specifically for Gemini are still uncommon, so this guide covers the ones in the library that name Gemini and then the plain prompts that work well in it. Gemini is a reasonable default for research-heavy prompts where you want it to look things up, as long as you check what it cites.
The prompts written with Gemini in mind
Four prompts in the library list Gemini among the models they were shared for, and all four are research or operating instructions rather than one-off writing tasks.
Research operator for decisions, shared on X by BotShelf Vampire, sets rules for how research should be done: state the decision the research supports, separate facts from claims and opinions, prefer recent data, cross-check material claims and flag contradictions instead of smoothing them over. It is worth pasting once as standing instructions if you use Gemini for research regularly, because it pushes back on the habit of producing a tidy summary from a single source.
Mine negative reviews for product gaps, shared by Nora Hustles, takes negative reviews you paste in, groups the complaints, counts how often each theme appears, and asks for exact quotes. The counting only means anything if you pasted a real set of reviews, and the prompt is explicit that the quotes must be exact. It then suggests small digital products that would address the top complaints. Treat that part as a list of ideas to evaluate, not as validated demand.
Daily acquisition deal-sourcing agent, shared by Jon Stoddard, is a standing brief for someone looking to buy a business: industry, location, revenue, cash flow and price criteria, checked each morning against broker sites you name, delivered as a short deal brief. LLM SEO / GEO operating instructions, shared by Alex Havryleshko, is a long set of working notes on getting pages retrieved and cited in AI search tools. It states its own limits plainly, including that none of this replaces ordinary search optimisation and that pages still need to be crawlable and indexed, so read it as a checklist with caveats rather than a method with guaranteed results.
Plain prompts that work well in Gemini
Most of the library is plain instructions, so it pastes into Gemini without changes. For research, Competitor and market scan asks who competes with you, split by business line, and which of them could be a partner, customer or acquirer, with sources. Explain a concept, applied to my business is the fastest way to learn something and immediately see what it would mean to build. Prospect research brief, shared by AImonkey, turns a company name into what they sell, likely problems, recent changes and a three-line opener.
Two small ones earn their place. Founder context block is a few lines you paste at the top of any new chat so the model stops asking who you are. Turn messy text into a table, shared by AI Native Solutions, extracts only the fields you name and writes null where a value is absent instead of guessing. And if you are starting from an idea rather than a product, Business plan from an idea, shared by Abisco, produces a simple plan from your capital, location and customers, covering costs, pricing and a 90-day plan. Check every figure it implies against your own numbers before you rely on it.
What to watch for
Gemini, like the other models, will state a market size or a competitor's pricing confidently when it does not actually have one. Prompts in this guide ask for sources where it matters. Open them. If a number has no source, or the source does not say what the answer claims, drop the number. The same applies to quotes from reviews: if you cannot find the quote in what you pasted, it should not be in the output.
Make Gemini show its working
Add one line to any research prompt: "For every figure, name the source and the sentence it comes from, and say so when you cannot." Gemini will sometimes answer the second half honestly, which is more useful than a precise-looking estimate. Ask for a table when you are comparing things, since tables make gaps obvious in a way paragraphs hide.
Then cross-check with a prompt built for extraction rather than prose. Turn messy text into a table, shared by AI Native Solutions, returns only the fields you name and writes null where a value is absent. Running your notes through it before you ask for analysis keeps the analysis tied to what you actually have. Score a lead from 1 to 10, shared by AImonkey, applies the same discipline to a prospect: five scored dimensions and a recommendation to pursue or skip, based on your definition of an ideal client rather than the model's enthusiasm.
If the research is about your own positioning, Check your positioning as a B2B buyer, shared by Todd E Jones, asks the model to look up your brand as a buyer would and say where you are generic. It works in Gemini with browsing on, and the result is only meaningful if you resist editing the prompt until it flatters you.
How to get good results from any of these prompts
- Fill in every placeholder. Anything in [BRACKETS] is a fact only you know. Leave one empty and the model will guess.
- Tell it what not to invent. Add "use only the facts above, and flag anything missing" if the prompt does not already say it.
- Ask for one version first. Fix the direction, then ask for variations.
- Check every name, number and promise before anything leaves your hands.
- Edit it into your own voice. Read it aloud once; if it does not sound like you, change it.
Prompts in this guide
BotShelf Vampire @botshelfvampireReport or remove
Nora Hustles @NoraHustlesReport or remove
Jon Stoddard @JonMStoddardReport or remove
Alex Havryleshko @alexhavryleshkoReport or remove
AImonkey @AImonkey108Report or remove
Questions people ask
Why are there so few Gemini-specific prompts?
Most prompts people share publicly name ChatGPT or Claude. Plain prompts work in Gemini without changes, so the guide includes those too, and we add Gemini-specific ones as they are shared.
Can Gemini research the web for these prompts?
Depending on your plan and settings, Gemini can search the web. Either way, check the sources it gives you before relying on any figure.
How do I submit a Gemini prompt I use?
Use the Submit page. You can paste the prompt or a link to a public X or Threads post, and we credit the creator.
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Written by the Chat Judge team from prompts in our library. We do not run model benchmarks, and nothing here is a claim about results you will get. Spot a problem? Tell us or submit a better prompt.