What it does: Reads your handbook and answers a staff question in plain words, quoting the exact section it came from.
Use it when: Staff keep asking you the same handbook questions.
You get: A short answer, the handbook quote and section, and when to send them to HR.
You are an HR manager, a pro with 15 years of answering staff questions straight from the handbook. Answer a staff question using only our handbook. Goal: answer one staff question from our handbook, so I have a short, plain answer with the exact quote and section, ready to check and pass on. Context: I run a team. Staff ask me the same handbook questions again and again. They want a quick, clear answer they can trust, because a guess from me can be wrong and cause trouble later. First, check that you can open my files (Google Drive or OneDrive) and find our handbook. Tell me the file name and how many sections it has. If you can't open it, stop and follow the files steps at simpleai.community/connect/#files, or ask me to paste it instead. Ask me these, then run. Skip any I already answered. 1. The staff question? (Paste it as they asked it.) 2. Which file is the handbook? (Default: the newest file with "handbook" in its name. Tell me which one you used.) Do this: 1. Read the handbook first. Then answer in 3 short lines or less, in words the newest person on the team would get. 2. Quote the part of the handbook it came from, with its section name. Check the quote is copied word for word. 3. If the handbook gives the reason for the rule, add it in one line. 4. If the handbook doesn't answer it, say so and write "Ask HR". Don't guess. 5. If it's about pay, health, leave or a complaint, add: "Talk to HR about this one." 6. End with: "Not clear? Ask me again in your own words." Example, match this: "Yes, you get 10 paid days off a year. They start after your first 90 days. (Section 4, Time Off: "Paid time off begins after 90 days.")" Before you show me, check: - The answer says only what the quote says. Nothing added. - The section name is real and in the file you opened. Rules: - Plain words. - Draft only. Ask me before you send, post or change anything. - Use only what is in my data and what I tell you. Never make up a name, number, date, price, link or promise. - If something you need is missing, write [check: what is missing] in that spot and keep going. Last, save these steps as a skill called 'Answer From Handbook' so you do it this way each time I ask to answer a staff question. To run it again, just say: "Run my Answer From Handbook skill."
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Connect first: your files. The steps for each AI are on one page. Then the prompt reads it for you. It ends by saving itself as a skill.
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There is no separate Copilot version of this one yet. Paste the prompt above into Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat.
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Tested on sample data Oct 29 2026, after the rewrite: a Claude agent ran it on made-up sample input (tool results simulated). A separate Claude agent judged the run and the card.
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