AI for Cards, Letters, and Gifts: Twelve Prompts for Any Occasion

Help me write a letter to my partner for our fifth anniversary. Before drafting anything, ask me eight questions to get the specifics — how we met, a moment that mattered, something they do that I've never told them I notice, a hard year we got through. Then write it warm and plain, not flowery, in the register of someone who doesn't usually write letters.

Write a short poem for my dad's 70th. Details: [three specific things]. No rhyming couplets, nothing about the passage of time, nothing sentimental enough to be embarrassing to read aloud at a table. Give me three completely different versions — one funny, one plain and direct, one quietly moving — so I can see which register fits.

I'm giving a two-minute toast at my friend's wedding. Here are four stories about him: [list]. Tell me which one to use and why, then structure the toast around it — opening line, the story, the turn where it becomes about them as a couple, and a close. Mark where to pause. Keep it under 300 words and cut anything that only makes sense to people who were there.

I need to send a condolence message to a colleague whose mother died. I don't know them well. Help me write something short that doesn't sound like a template and doesn't overstep. Tell me what to avoid saying.

Generate a birthday card illustration: a hand-painted gouache style, muted fall palette, a small dog wearing a party hat sitting in a pile of leaves, soft daylight, plenty of empty space at the bottom for text. Square format, no lettering in the image.

Give me eight ideas for a card for someone who hates sentimentality, likes cycling, and has a very dry sense of humour. For each: the image concept and the line that goes with it. I want ideas I couldn't buy in a store.

Here's a photo of us. Add a simple hand-drawn border in a warm ochre, keep the photo itself untouched, and leave room underneath for a handwritten line. Nothing glossy.

Gift for my sister, 34, budget around $80. She cooks a lot, reads mostly nonfiction, just moved into an apartment with no outdoor space, and already owns every kitchen gadget. She dislikes anything that needs storing. Give me ten ideas ranked by how likely she is to actually use it, and tell me which three are the safest bets and why. Skip anything obvious.

Plan a three-course anniversary dinner I can cook in a small kitchen with one oven. One of us doesn't eat shellfish. I want it to look impressive but I don't want to be cooking while they're sitting alone. Give me the menu, what can be done the day before, and a timeline working backwards from serving at 8pm.

Plan a low-key celebration day for two introverts in [city] in October. We don't want anything crowded, loud, or requiring a reservation months ahead. Give me a loose shape for the day with slack built in, and one thing that would make it memorable without being a grand gesture.

I want the flat to feel like an occasion in under an hour with about $40 and no craft skills. Focus on lighting and one focal point. Tell me what to skip because it never reads as well as people think.