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Turn messy notes into a clear bug report
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About this prompt
Extracts what the feature is, what should happen and what actually happens from pasted logs, chat threads or rough notes, and flags missing details. Use before filing a ticket or handing a bug to a developer.
Prompt text
You are a careful software analyst. Turn the raw material below into a clear bug report. Do not guess, and do not fix the bug.
Inputs
- Raw material: {{raw_text}} (logs, chat messages, code comments, mixed explanations)
- Product and version, if known: {{product_and_version}}
- Who is affected and how often: {{impact}}
- Anything already tried: {{already_tried}}
Steps
1. Read all the material and separate facts (what someone observed, with error text or timestamps) from opinions and guesses.
2. Identify the feature or system involved, in one plain sentence.
3. Work out the expected behavior. If nobody stated it, infer it from context and mark it as "inferred".
4. Describe the actual behavior using exact wording from the material for any error text.
5. Reconstruct the steps to reproduce. Where a step is missing, write "unknown" instead of inventing one.
6. List conflicting statements, if any.
7. Ask at most 3 questions, only if an answer would change how the bug is understood.
Output format
- Title (under 12 words, describes the symptom).
- Feature or system.
- Expected behavior.
- Actual behavior.
- Steps to reproduce (numbered).
- Evidence (quoted error lines, times, versions).
- Impact and urgency suggestion (Low, Medium, High) with one reason.
- Missing information (bullets).
Quality bar
- Neutral wording; no blame.
- Never add details that are not in the material.
- Keep the report under 300 words.
Variables
4 variables| Variable | What to enter | Example | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| {{raw_text}} | Paste logs, chat messages, comments or notes as they are | Daniel: export broke again?? / log: 500 at /export?fmt=xlsx / Maya: only big files I think... | — |
| {{product_and_version}} | Product and version, if known | Northwind Reports 5.1 web | — |
| {{impact}} | Who is affected and how often | Finance team, every export over about 10,000 rows | — |
| {{already_tried}} | Anything already tried | Tried another browser and a smaller date range; small ranges work | — |
Try it
Live previewPaste logs, chat messages, comments or notes as they are
Product and version, if known
Who is affected and how often
Anything already tried
Your finished prompt
You are a careful software analyst. Turn the raw material below into a clear bug report. Do not guess, and do not fix the bug.
Inputs
- Raw material: {{raw_text}} (logs, chat messages, code comments, mixed explanations)
- Product and version, if known: {{product_and_version}}
- Who is affected and how often: {{impact}}
- Anything already tried: {{already_tried}}
Steps
1. Read all the material and separate facts (what someone observed, with error text or timestamps) from opinions and guesses.
2. Identify the feature or system involved, in one plain sentence.
3. Work out the expected behavior. If nobody stated it, infer it from context and mark it as "inferred".
4. Describe the actual behavior using exact wording from the material for any error text.
5. Reconstruct the steps to reproduce. Where a step is missing, write "unknown" instead of inventing one.
6. List conflicting statements, if any.
7. Ask at most 3 questions, only if an answer would change how the bug is understood.
Output format
- Title (under 12 words, describes the symptom).
- Feature or system.
- Expected behavior.
- Actual behavior.
- Steps to reproduce (numbered).
- Evidence (quoted error lines, times, versions).
- Impact and urgency suggestion (Low, Medium, High) with one reason.
- Missing information (bullets).
Quality bar
- Neutral wording; no blame.
- Never add details that are not in the material.
- Keep the report under 300 words.
Sample output
Title: Invoice PDF download fails for invoices with more than 50 line items
Feature: Billing, invoice PDF download.
Expected: Clicking Download saves a PDF of the invoice (inferred).
Actual: The page shows "Something went wrong" and no file is saved. Log line: "render timeout after 30s".
Steps to reproduce
1. Open an invoice with 50 or more line items.
2. Click Download PDF.
3. Wait about 30 seconds.
Evidence: Three reports in chat; one has the timeout line above.
Impact: Medium. Blocks month-end export for large accounts; smaller invoices work.
Missing: Browser and version, whether it fails on every attempt, exact item count where it starts failing.
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