Weakness detection from your own notes
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Reads your notes against the sources and ranks your five weakest topics with evidence — sparse coverage, vague statements, skipped prerequisites — plus what to review first and a self-check question for each.
Shared by Gencay (LearnAIWithMe) — credit where it's due.
--- MY CONTEXT (fill this in) --- Subject I'm studying: [e.g., "Thermodynamics"] What I'm preparing for: [e.g., "final exam", "general mastery"] Topics I already know well (skip these): [list them] My available time: [e.g., "5 hours this week"] --- WEAKNESS SIGNALS TO USE --- Use these signals from my notes to judge weakness: 1. Topics my notes barely cover compared to the source. 2. Topics where my notes have errors, vague statements, or question marks. 3. Topics that appear often in the source but I only wrote one or two lines about. 4. Topics connected to concepts I skipped — if I don't understand the prerequisite, I probably don't understand what builds on it. 5. Topics with specific techniques, formulas, or examples — these are the most common weak points when notes are sparse. For each of the 5 weakest topics, give me: - Topic name and where it lives in my sources. - Why I'm probably weak there — based on specific evidence from my notes. - What to review first — the single chapter, section, or concept to start with. - How much time to spend — 30 min, 1 hour, 2 hours. - A quick self-check question to know when I've actually learned it. Rank from most weakness to least. Focus on what will hurt my grade most, not what's easiest to catch up on.
How to use it
- 1Open your notebook at notebooklm.google.com.
- 2Replace the [bracketed] parts with your specifics.
- 3Paste the prompt into the chat box and send it.
Square brackets mark the parts you replace with your own topic or question.
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