50 AI Hacks to Look Smarter and Work Less Every Day

You might have heard the phrase “Work Smarter and Not Harder”, because why shouldn’t you? Literally nobody’s handing out awards for working the hardest. The real win now when everything can be done in just minutes and seconds because of AI, is getting a lot done in less time. Whether you want to save hours from work, impress your boss with polished reports or just free up time for the fun stuff, these 50 AI hacks will make it happen. And don’t worry I’ve packed them in easy-to-use categories so that you don’t have to go through all the trouble. You can just dive directly right into the tools, prompts, and tricks that fit your life.

By the end of this list, if you start incorporating even 5 hacks to begin with, you’ll know how to work way smarter. And everyone’s going to think that you have some secretive productivity superpower. So just pick pick and use what fits your workflow right now.

Chrome Extensions That Make You Look Like a Productivity Wizard

1. Compose AI– This platform lets you autocomplete sentences and write faster in Gmail, Docs, or anywhere online.
2. ChatGPT Sidebar– This one’s my personal favorite as it lets you highlight text on any webpage and you can get instant AI summaries or rewrites.
3. Merlin– This chrome extension let’s you use ChatGPT directly inside LinkedIn, Twitter, or search results.
4. AIScraper– It is a smart, no-code ai web scraping tool. It uses AI to analyze any cite and then it collects and organizes the data. If you want read a detailed review on this click here to read our blog.
5. Glasp– Is a social PDF & Web highlighter that allows you to collect, organize, and share insightful ideas from the web.
6. Liner– With this platform you can get accurate answers with line-by-line source citations.
7. Otter.ai– If you use this, you’ll never have to take meeting notes again. You can get transcripts, automated summaries, action items, and chat with it to get answers from your meetings.
8. Harpa– This browser extension is powered by a hybrid AI engine. The cool fact is that it combines GPT models (e.g., OpenAI, Gemini, Claude) with web automation. Thereby, will deliver seamless integration of advanced AI capabilities.
9. Synthesia– Synthesia is actually revolutionary! It’s a great video generator tool. It creates remarkably realistic-looking AI avatars who will read your script as well as any real human.
10. Scribe– You can record your clicks and keystrokes, then let AI turn it into a step-by-step guide.

Free AI Tools You’ll Use Every Week

1. Memories.ai– It is the world’s first large visual memory model. It can not only analyze large-scale videos, but also gain actionable insights for safety, marketing and content creation.
2. Free Subtitles Generator– With this tool you get 100 free minutes daily to use their AI-powered auto subtitle generator. Which can be used to add animated captions to your videos in seconds.
3. Gamma– This AI tool is a free presentation maker tool. All you need to do is type in your text and it’ll generate a presentation for you in seconds.
4. Krisp.ai– This is an AI meeting Assistant, which can- take meeting notes, do transcription, record meeting and cancel noise.
5. Looka– This tool is the coolest in my opinion. Looka is free to use and create logos with, however it is important to note that in order to use your logo for commercial purposes you must purchase the asset license. 
6. AI Hairstyle– This is a fun tool. With this tool you can discover your ideal hairstyle. Furthermore, you can try out hundreds of styles and colors virtually. So save time in deciding and focus on tasks that really matter.
7. Grammarly– It has a freemium model, with the free version there’s grammar detection, basic suggestions and tone proofreading, which is actually pretty helpful.
8. Reclaim.ai– This app is super efficient. It is AI powered and it creates 40% more time for teams. How exactly? By auto-scheduling tasks, habits, meeting & breaks. It is free on Google Calendar & Outlook Calendar.
9. Lumo (Proton)– This platform helps you with writing, summarizing or generating code, with a bonus, it promises total confidentiality.
10. Copy.ai– This is another super helpful tool, it generates slogans, posts, articles and product descriptions from just a few keywords or guiding phrases.

ChatGPT Prompts That Deliver Instant Wins

After reading a lot about prompt wins. I know how benefitable a right prompt can be. You can also check out this Beginner’s Guide to Prompt engineering for more insights. Down below are my personal favorite prompts that I actually use on daily basis.

1. “Explain this like I’m five” – This makes complex ideas simple.
2. “Summarize this meeting transcript into 5 bullet points”– Saves a lot of time after every call.
3. “Rewrite this email to sound confident but friendly”– Polishes communication in just seconds.
4. “Create a LinkedIn post from these bullet points”– Simplifies personal branding.
5. “Act as a career coach. Suggest how I can improve my resume”– Gives you targeted career tips, the more detailed your prompt, that much better will be the suggestions.
6. “Generate 10 blog headlines with curiosity hooks”– Provides instant content ideas.
7. “Turn this product description into an engaging Instagram caption”– Absolute marketing gold.
8. “Make a pros and cons table for [decision]” – Helps you think clearly and make rational decisions.
9. “Write 3 alternative intros for this article”– Accelerates creativity and helps you get rid of writer’s block.
10. “Summarize this PDF report in under 100 words” – Cuts through the noise, and gives you the most important info.

Notion AI Templates for Effortless Organization

1. Content Calendar– This template auto-generates blog, video, and social post ideas.
2. Weekly Planner– AI fills in tasks and priorities based on the inputs you give it.
3. Meeting Notes Generator– After you paste your transcript, you’ll get instant action items.
4. Project Brief Template– With this notion AI template you can create professional outlines in just a few minutes.
5. Goal Tracker– I’ve found this super helpful as the AI suggests daily micro-goals based on your main targets.
6. Personal Knowledge Base– This summarizes and tags every note you take.
7. Habit Tracker with AI Tips– You actually get daily nudges to stay consistent.
8. Client Onboarding Checklist– With this template organization is made easy as it auto-customizes for each new project.
9. AutoPlanner– It creates a personalized daily schedule from your tasks and routines, and gives you a daily recap of accomplishments.
10. Client & Lead Tracker with AI Follow-up Suggestion– This flags overdue follow-ups and drafts warm, contextual follow-up emails for you.

Email and Resume Automation That Saves You Hours

1. ResumAI– Builds an ATS-friendly resume in minutes. All you have to do is enter information about your education, work experience, skills, and achievements. And the AI creates a professional looking resume for you.
2. Jobscan– With this you can optimize your resume for a specific job posting. It actually highlights the key experience and skills recruiters need to see.
3. Flowrite– AI tool that streamlines your email as well as the messaging processes.
4. Lavender– This helps you write persuasive sales emails faster and AI does all the work.
5. Superhuman– This has an AI-powered inbox for lightning-fast email handling. It claims it saves 4 hours per person every single week.  Recently, Grammarly acquired Superhuman to expand its AI ecosystem. 
6. Hunter.io– This is my favorite email finding tool. I can’t even count how many professional emails I’ve found from this platform for connecting. It finds and verifies professional email addresses for you just with the help of the company’s name.
7. Gmass– This platform is a free email tester. It provides you with a quick, precise deliverability test and checks for spam.
8. Boomerang– It schedules emails for you and you get reminders to follow up regarding the same. 
9. VMock– This is a career accelerating platform. You can get instant, AI-powered feedback on your resume. Regarding its content, formatting, and impact.
10. SmartWriter.ai– You can generate 1000s of personalized cold emails and LinkedIn outreach messages at scale.

Wrapping It Up

You don’t need to work more to look smarter, you just need to work better. With these AI hacks, you can cut your effort in half while delivering work that looks like it took twice as long.