AIM Protocol
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AIM Protocol
Sandeep Swadia's prompting micro-pattern: Actor / Input / Mission. Used as the drafting-stage helper in DRAG Framework.
"Hey AI, act in this role, use this input, and this is your mission."
The three slots
- Actor — what role the model should play (e.g. "You are a business school professor")
- Input — the raw material it should work with (notes, files, transcripts, examples)
- Mission — what good output looks like (the deliverable, the constraint, the audience)
Lineage in the vault
Referenced as an earlier framework Sandeep has covered before: "using the AIM protocol that I've shared before." So it predates Dangerously Smart with AI (theMITmonk) in his content — likely from a previous video not yet in the vault.
How it sits relative to PRIME Framework
Sandeep's later PRIME framework is a richer 5-element version (Purpose, Research, Interview, Mechanics, Examples). AIM ≈ minimal viable PRIME for the drafting case:
| AIM slot | PRIME equivalent |
|---|---|
| Actor | (Implicit in Mechanics) |
| Input | Research (the raw material side) |
| Mission | Purpose |
AIM is the pocket version; PRIME is the full version when you have time to set up.
Sources
- Dangerously Smart with AI (theMITmonk) (canonical for the name and 3 slots)