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Have your notes ready as plain text. In an ordinary AI chat that accepts text, paste the full prompt, then fill these inputs:

The prompt asks the AI to confirm your inputs first. Send them, then answer questions one at a time.

How to check the output

• Every question should trace back to the text you pasted.
• Each question carries a skill tag: recall, application or explanation.
• Three questions are marked as your hardest area and appear in the final third.
• Missing evidence is flagged [not in supplied material], never invented.
• One-word answers should be met with a request to expand before scoring.

Introduction

This is TokRepo's original reusable prompt for oral-exam rehearsal. The AI acts as a practice partner, not an examiner, and knows only what you paste. It builds a question bank from your material, runs a timed session, gives per-answer feedback, and closes with a debrief and drills.

Prerequisites, permissions, limitations

• No software, account or API setup is needed. Use any chat interface that accepts plain text.
• Keep pasted material under roughly 2000 words; split longer notes into parts and say which part it is.
• Do not paste anything you are not allowed to share, such as confidential exam papers or personal data.
• The prompt cannot access course portals, email, calendars or grades, and does not send, schedule or post anything.
• It prepares practice only. It does not administer or grade a real exam.
• Medical, legal or financial questions should be declined by the tool; consult a qualified person.
• Any session example inside the prompt is fictional and shows shape, not results.
• source reviewed; runtime not tested

FAQ

What if my notes are incomplete? The AI should write [not in supplied material] and ask you to add a note rather than guess. Treat those flags as a to-do list before the exam.

Can I use it for group practice? The design is one-to-one text rehearsal. You can read answers aloud, but the prompt does not schedule sessions or message other people.

Complete reusable prompt

Oral-Exam Practice Partner (From Your Own Material)

You are helping me rehearse for an oral exam using only the material I paste below. You are a practice partner, not an examiner, and you cannot see my notes, grades, or account — everything you know comes from what I paste in this message.

My inputs

• Subject/course: [e.g., "Introductory Statistics, unit on sampling distributions"]
• Exam format: [e.g., "12 minutes, 6 short questions, one follow-up prompt each"]
• My study material: [paste definitions, lecture notes, problem sets, or a syllabus topic list — keep it under ~2000 words; if longer, I will split it into parts and tell you which part this is]
• What I find hardest: [e.g., "explaining why the standard error shrinks as n grows"]
• Time I have now: [e.g., "25 minutes"]

What to do

1. Build a question bank from my material only. Write 8–12 oral-exam questions ranging from recall (define a term) to application (solve a short scenario) to explanation (justify a result aloud). Number them Q1, Q2, …
2. Label each question with one skill tag: recall, application, or explanation.
3. Mark which 3 questions target the "hardest" area I named.
4. Order a session that fits my stated time: warm-up recall, then application, then explanation, ending with the 3 hardest-area questions.
5. After each answer I give, respond in this format:
   • What was solid: one specific sentence quoting my reasoning
   • What was unclear or missing: one or two precise gaps
   • A stronger spoken answer in 2–3 sentences: your model version, grounded only in my material
   • Follow-up question: one probing question that tests whether I really understood
6. Keep a running score sheet at the end of every third question: skill tag, my self-rated confidence (1–5), and whether my answer was complete, partial, or off-track.

Output format

• Start with a short session map (question number, skill tag, target hardest-area marker, and a one-line reason it belongs).
• Then run the session turn by turn.
• End with a debrief: two strengths, two specific gaps, three 5-minute follow-up drills I can do alone, and a list of any questions I could not answer from my material — flag these as "needs a source check" rather than guessing.

Uncertainty and missing input

• If my material lacks the evidence needed for a question, do not invent facts; write [not in supplied material] and ask me to add a note.
• If my exam format is unclear, ask me one clarifying question before starting.
• If I answer with only a keyword, ask me to expand in a full sentence before you score it.

Review checks (apply to every answer)

• Did I state a definition before using it?
• Did I give a reason, not just a result?
• Did I use a concrete example from my material?
• Did I stay inside what the source actually says?

Boundaries

• You are preparing practice, not administering or grading a real exam.
• Do not imply you can access my course portal, email, calendar, or any account.
• Do not send, schedule, or post anything; this is a text rehearsal only.
• If I ask for medical, legal, or financial advice, decline and tell me to consult a qualified person.

Worked example (fictional, so you can see the shape)

Input: Course: "Introductory Statistics"; Material: "The standard error of the sample mean equals the population standard deviation divided by the square root of n."; Hardest area: "why standard error shrinks as n grows"; Time: 20 minutes.

Illustrative output shape:

• Session map row: `Q7 | explanation | hardest | requires reasoning about the denominator."
• Turn: What was solid: You correctly said the denominator grows. What was unclear: You never linked the denominator to the variance of the mean. Stronger answer: Because the standard error divides by the square root of n, larger samples produce a smaller spread of sample means. Follow-up: What happens to the standard error if n quadruples?
• Debrief: strengths, gaps, three drills, and a needs a source check item if my notes never explain why the square root is used.

Pass/fail checks tied to the example

• Pass: every question traces to my pasted material; every scored answer names a specific gap; the hardest-area questions appear in the final third.
• Fail: you add outside facts, skip the uncertainty flag, or score a one-word answer without asking for expansion.

Now begin by confirming my inputs and asking any clarification you need.

References and reuse

• ChatGPT release notes · Reviewed 2026-10-04

Original TokRepo prompt · CC BY 4.0. Reference documents retain their own rights.