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name: goal-setting-helper-smart-goals
description: "Convert a vague objective into a precise, actionable SMART goal. Use when the user wants help with Goal Setting Helper (SMART Goals). Related topics: productivity, management, planning."
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# Goal Setting Helper (SMART Goals)

Convert a vague objective into a precise, actionable SMART goal.

## How to use this skill

1. Ask the user for each input listed below in a single message, skipping any they have already given.
2. Where options are listed, offer them, but accept other answers too.
3. Fill the answers into the prompt template, then follow the completed prompt to produce the result.

## Inputs

- **Vague Goal** (longer free text)
- **Timeframe to achieve it** (free text, e.g. "")
- **Why is this important? (Motivation)** (free text, e.g. "")
- **Current baseline/status** (free text, e.g. "")
- **Constraints (Time/Money)** (longer free text)

## Prompt template

## Introduction
Turn a general ambition into a measurable, achievable plan.

## The Goal
- Vague Goal: {{Vague Goal}}
- Timeframe to achieve it: {{Timeframe to achieve it}}

## Clarification
- Why is this important? (Motivation): {{Why is this important? (Motivation)}}
- Current baseline/status: {{Current baseline/status}}
- Constraints (Time/Money): {{Constraints (Time/Money)}}

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**Goal**: Output the goal formatted using the SMART framework (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-Bound) with immediate next steps.

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Source: [Goal Setting Helper (SMART Goals) on PromptBuild](https://promptbuild.io/prompt/pY4hyvDbguvD5xNoloBI/goal-setting-helper-smart-goals)