Prepare documentation containing information such as confidential descriptions or specifications of proprietary hardware or software, product development or introduction schedules, product costs, or information about product performance weaknesses.
AI writes the first draft from your notes; you check every fact.
📊 Real AI use (Anthropic Economic Index, Apr 2026 to May 2026): AI completed the task directly in 47% of those conversations; the rest were back-and-forth with the person.
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Give AI your rough notes, numbers or last version and it will turn them into a clean, well-structured first draft. You check every fact and figure before it goes anywhere.
Ready-to-use prompt
I work as an electronics engineer. Part of my job is to prepare documentation containing information such as confidential descriptions or specifications of proprietary hardware or software, product development or introduction schedules, product costs, or information about product performance weaknesses. Context: We use Microsoft Word. Design: [building, structure, system, survey] Details to record: [specs, materials, dimensions, data] Draft a design specification document with sections, tables and a revision log. Use plain language and headings where they help, and mark anything you had to guess with [CHECK].
10-minute exercise: Design documentation
AI will happily make up numbers, names and dates. Every fact in the draft needs checking against your source.
Double-check every number. AI can make arithmetic and rounding mistakes.
Importance 3.6/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Document technical design details..