A prompt is a brief.
Not a search query. Not a magic spell. It's the brief you'd give a sharp new colleague on their first day.
Search box
Finds What Exists
“telecom outage apology”
You type keywords. It returns pages someone else wrote. You pick the best one.
Prompt
Makes Something New
“Draft our apology for Tuesday's outage.”
You describe the work. It writes a first draft. You become the editor.
The shift
From Finding To Delegating
“What would a new hire need to know?”
The quality of what comes back tracks the quality of what you asked for.
Brief it like a colleague. Not a search box.