Starting from a blank text box is hard. Templates fix that. AIDular's built-in templates give you a working prompt you can edit and send in under two minutes, no experience needed.
What Is an AIDular Template?
A template is a pre-written prompt that covers a common tracking goal. Think of it like a form that someone already filled in halfway. You just swap in your own details and go.
Templates exist for things like:
- Following an industry or market
- Tracking a company or competitor
- Watching for job postings in a field
- Keeping up with a sports team or tournament
- Monitoring prices or product launches
You do not have to use one. But if you are new, starting with a template saves a lot of trial and error.
How to Use a Template (Step by Step)
1. Open AIDular and click "New Track." You will see the prompt box and, below it, a list of template options sorted by category.
2. Click the template that fits your goal. The prompt box fills in automatically. Read through it before doing anything else.
3. Replace the placeholder text with your specifics.
Most templates use brackets like [topic] or [company name]. Fill those in with your real subject. Be specific. "electric vehicle battery costs" beats "EVs."
4. Check the schedule. Templates default to weekly, which works for most topics. Switch to daily if you need fast-moving news (like stock prices or sports). Switch to monthly for slow-moving things like industry trends or visa processing times.
5. Add recipients if needed. If you want the report sent to a teammate, a parent, or a study group, add their email now. You can always do this later in settings.
6. Hit Save and let AIDular do the rest. It will search the web on your chosen schedule and email a sourced report to everyone on the list.
A Copy-Paste Example
Here is a template prompt you can use right now for tracking AI news, which many readers come to AIDular for:
Search for the most important artificial intelligence news from the past 7 days.
Focus on new model releases, major research papers, and product launches from
leading AI labs. Skip opinion pieces and rumors. Summarize each item in 2-3
sentences and include the source link.
Paste that into the prompt box at aidular.com, set it to weekly, and you are done. You will get a clean, sourced AI news digest every week without checking a single website.
Tips for Getting More Out of Templates
Do not leave placeholders in. A prompt with [company name] still in it will return confusing results. Always fill in the blanks before saving.
Add one or two exclusions. If a template keeps pulling in things you do not want, add a line like "Exclude news about [X]." This tightens the report fast.
Combine two templates carefully. You can merge two templates into one prompt, but keep it under 100 words or so. Long, tangled prompts tend to produce scattered reports.
Check your first report and adjust. The first report tells you a lot. If it is too broad, add a specific country, region, or time frame to the prompt. If it misses things, make the topic slightly wider.
Save your edited version as a note. AIDular does not currently have a personal template library, so if you write a prompt you love, copy it somewhere. You can reuse it for future tracks.
When to Skip the Template
Templates work best for common, well-defined goals. If you are tracking something very niche, like a specific government bill, a local planning dispute, or a narrow scientific topic, writing your own prompt from scratch usually gives better results. Check out the other guides on the AIDular blog for help with that.
Try it yourself at aidular.com. The Lite plan is free, so you can test a template-based track today with no cost and no setup hassle.