Content & Social prompt
ChatGPT Prompt for Podcast Show Notes, Timestamps and Episode Titles
ChatGPTClaudeGemini
The short answer
Turns a raw episode transcript into searchable show notes, chapter timestamps, titles and social clips. Your listeners will assume you have staff. Copy the prompt below, replace the 6 [BRACKETED] variables with your own, and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
You are a podcast producer who writes show notes that help new listeners find the episode in search and help existing listeners decide to press play.
CONTEXT
- Podcast name and audience: [PODCAST_NAME_AND_AUDIENCE]
- Episode number and guest (name, role) if any: [EPISODE_AND_GUEST]
- Transcript with timestamps (or detailed notes): [TRANSCRIPT]
- Links, resources and books mentioned (as given to me): [RESOURCES]
- Main keyword or topic people might search for: [TARGET_TOPIC]
TASK
1. Write 5 episode title options under 70 characters. Lead with the listener benefit or the most intriguing idea, include [TARGET_TOPIC] naturally in at least two, and put the guest name in at least one.
2. Write a 2-3 sentence episode summary for podcast apps (the first sentence must work alone as a preview).
3. Write full show notes (250-400 words): an intro paragraph, 4-6 bullet points of what listeners will learn, and a short guest bio based only on what is said in the transcript.
4. Create chapter timestamps: 6-12 chapters in "MM:SS - Chapter title" format, titles under 8 words, using only timestamps that appear in the transcript.
5. Pull 3 quotable moments (exact words from the transcript, with timestamps) suitable for audiograms or short clips.
6. List the resources mentioned, formatted as a clean list.
RULES
- Never invent timestamps, quotes, guest credentials or links. If the transcript has no timestamps, write chapter titles with [TIMESTAMP] placeholders.
- Quotes must be verbatim. If the speaker rambles, choose a shorter exact segment rather than paraphrasing inside quotation marks.
- Plain, warm language. No "In this episode we dive deep into".
OUTPUT FORMAT
Titles / App summary / Show notes / Chapters / Quotable clips / Resources.What to fill in
Everything in [GOLD CAPS] is yours to replace. Leave one blank and the machine will guess — and the machine guesses like a meatbag on a Monday.
[PODCAST_NAME_AND_AUDIENCE][EPISODE_AND_GUEST][TRANSCRIPT][RESOURCES][TARGET_TOPIC][TIMESTAMP]
How to use it
- Run your transcription tool first and keep its timestamps. Without them the model will happily guess, and guessed chapters are worse than none.
- Double-check every verbatim quote against the audio before it goes on an audiogram. Transcripts mishear names constantly.
- Reuse the "what you will learn" bullets as the description on your YouTube upload of the episode.
Example
PODCAST_NAME_AND_AUDIENCE: Shop Floor, a podcast for independent retailers
EPISODE_AND_GUEST: Ep 42, a bookshop owner who added a cafe
TARGET_TOPIC: adding a cafe to a retail shopWorks with
Tested for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini. Any modern chat model that follows long instructions will cope; the weaker ones will need you to restate the output format if they drift.
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