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100+ AI Image Prompt Commands for ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok & MAI

Slash tokens like /xray and /blueprint are shorthand, not official APIs. Same copy-paste recipes for ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and Microsoft AI chats — plus a 100+ catalog on GitHub.

~12 min read

Influencer lists ship “300 ChatGPT image commands” and go stale. The useful part is the semantic instruction (blueprint, exploded view, product shot), not the slash. Paste the same recipe into ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and Microsoft AI (MAI Playground) — pick an image model such as MAI-Image-2.6 in that chat. Hit rate will differ. Prefer the expanded recipe when a slash token does nothing. I will not mark a chat as working until I have generated the image.

Canonical cookbook: kondasviktor/vcl-ai-image-prompts. Star / fork / Buy Me a Coffee live there. New recipes also go in the newsletter.

How to use a “command”

1. Pick a shorthand from the catalog (/xray, /productshot, …).
2. Add a specific subject (not “a cool car”).
3. Paste into any of the four chats below. If the slash is ignored, use the expanded prompt from the recipe.
4. Keep aspect ratio in the prompt (16:9 unless you need a social crop).

Four chats, one recipe

• ChatGPT — image generation in chat; often the best literal follower of stacked shorthand.
• Gemini — strong photoreal; more willing to invent layout if your prompt is vague.
• Grok — good for style; weaker on technical diagrams until proven otherwise.
• Microsoft AI (MAI Playground) — limited preview at playground.microsoft.ai/chat. Choose MAI-Image-2.6 (or MAI-Image-2.5) and paste the same prompt. Free Microsoft login.

Before → after (what the trending styles look like)

Viral image-prompt lists in 2026 keep circling the same technical set — especially /explodedview (often written /explode), /xray, /cutaway, /blueprint, plus /poster and /isometric. Below: all 12 featured recipes as plain subject → styled output so you can see the jump before you paste anything.

Style demos for this article (same subject, different prompt). Not a dated ChatGPT / Gemini / Grok / MAI bake-off — run the recipes in those four chats yourself and drop dated files in the repo examples/ folder. Full catalog (117 shorthands) is on GitHub.

/xray — mechanical keyboard

/explodedview — MacBook (/explode)

/cutaway — house

/blueprint — Tesla Cybertruck

/crosssection — electric motor

/isometric — espresso machine

/poster — Vibe Coding Summit 2026

/infographic — how HTTPS works

/productshot — wireless earbuds

/appmockup — habit-tracker iOS app

/youtubethumbnail — I tested 3 image models

/landingpage — indie SaaS waitlist

12 featured recipes

Ordered with the styles showing up most in ChatGPT image-prompt roundups first. Full expanded text for all twelve: the GitHub recipes/ folder.

/explodedview — Apple MacBook

Also searched as /explode. Separate lid, keyboard deck, battery, logic board, speakers, trackpad, bottom case on one axis. Studio lighting, even spacing.

/xray — mechanical keyboard

Create a detailed X-ray visualization of a modern mechanical keyboard.

Show: switches, PCB, stabilizers, plate, USB controller, wiring, case construction.
Semi-transparent outer shell. Dark neutral background. No unnecessary text. 16:9.

/cutaway — two-story house

One camera, one scene. Do not ask for a four-panel grid — Gemini will take that liberty if you let it.

/blueprint — Tesla Cybertruck

/blueprint Tesla Cybertruck
orthographic technical drawing
front, side and top views
white technical annotations
blue blueprint background
16:9

/isometric — espresso machine

True isometric, no vanishing-point drama.

/poster — conference one-sheet

Theatrical poster grammar: big title, one subject, clear hierarchy. In the catalog as /poster.

/crosssection — electric motor

One cutting plane through the axis. Not an exploded view.

/infographic — how HTTPS works

Four or five steps, large labels, no paragraph walls.

/productshot — wireless earbuds

Softbox, cyclorama, no people, no watermark type.

/appmockup — habit-tracker iOS

One readable screen in a real device, not Settings.app.

/youtubethumbnail — “I tested 3 image models”

Specify the exact words on the image. Leave crop margin.

/landingpage — indie SaaS waitlist

Hero + one CTA. Not a dashboard.

Catalog (excerpt)

117 shorthands live in the repo, grouped Technical, Information, Drawing, Photography, Illustration, Marketing / SaaS. A slice of the ones that keep showing up in roundups:

The rest, including /saasarchitecture, /ogimage, /patentdrawing, is in commands/catalog.md.

How you can help

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FAQ

Will /xray work in Gemini, Grok, and Microsoft AI?

The idea transfers across the four chats. The pixels will not match 1:1. Treat ChatGPT as the literal instruction-follower, Gemini as more photoreal and more willing to invent layout, Grok as weaker on blueprints until proven otherwise, and MAI Playground as the Microsoft AI chat for the same paste — pick MAI-Image in the model list. None of them ship an official /xray command.

Should I stack /xray /labelled /blueprint?

You can try. Stacked shorthand is the thing ChatGPT often follows and Gemini often “interprets.” Prefer one primary command plus a clear expanded paragraph — especially in Microsoft AI chat.