# Writing Retrieval Practice Prompts ## Metadata **Status**:: #x **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Created**:: [[2024-07-25]] ## AI Prompts to generate prompts Generate retrieval practice prompts for spaced repetition. - Retrieval practice prompts should be **focused** and avoid involving too much detail. - Retrieval practice prompts should be **precise** about what they’re asking for. - Retrieval practice prompts should produce **consistent** answers, lighting the same bulbs each time you perform the task. - Retrieval practice prompts should be **tractable**. Include cues so you can almost always answer correctly. - Retrieval practice prompts should be **effortful**. It’s important that the prompt actually involves retrieving the answer from memory.