Map the prerequisite tree for a topic
Use when a topic feels impossible and you suspect you are missing the foundations underneath it.
I want to learn {{target_topic}} but I keep getting lost. Map what I actually need to know first.
Build a prerequisite tree: the target at the top, and below it the concepts it depends on, and below those THEIR dependencies, down to things a motivated beginner already knows.
Format as an indented outline. For each node add a one-line reason it is required for the thing above it. Mark with [GATE] any node that, if missed, makes everything above it collapse.
Then give me a bottom-up learning order (a flat numbered list) that respects the tree. My current background: {{background}}.Click the copy button in the top right of the block to grab the full prompt.
Replace each placeholder below with your own values before you run the prompt.
- {{target_topic}}
- {{background}}
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