About this site
Self-Prompted exists because the way we’ve been told to “improve ourselves” is broken.
Most self-help is built on pressure: more habits, more hacks, more homework. It can leave you feeling behind before you’ve even started. The result? Burnout, not growth.
Self-Prompted flips that script. On this site, you’ll find playful AI-powered experiments—lightweight AI quizzes, prompts, and reflections designed to spark insight in minutes. Think of it less like homework and more like exploration.
Instead of being handed a rigid path, you become an active participant in your own growth—discovering surprising truths about yourself while keeping the process light, sustainable, and even fun.
What You'll Get
- Bi-Weekly(ish) newsletter breaking down the how and why of my self-prompted journey. Long versions published for members are around 1500 to 2000 words. Shorter versions under 1000 words and available to all are published a week later. These have less prompts, less details, less personal insights.
- Lightweight interactive experiment per issue (AI quiz, survey, reflection tool, etc.)
- For paid members, each issue includes a thoughtful post and a mini experiment: a quiz, journaling template, micro habit tracker, or inner-voice prompt. These aren’t productivity tricks—they’re invitations into your own mind, shaped by both your responses and AI.
My hope is that you’re not just reading and saying "oh that's interesting"—you’re interacting with your inner world, one small experiment at a time.
These are not polished scripts but living experiments we refine together.
Why I Made This
I started Self-Prompted because I myself hit the limits of standard self-help: too many grand promises, too little follow-through. I didn’t want to churn through theories—I wanted something small, playful, real.
So I began creating little experiments: quizzes to catch my own hidden beliefs, prompts to challenge my routine, AI-powered reflections to surprise myself. Over time I realized people needed exactly this: a toolbox for inner curiosity, not external fixes.
Self-Prompted is where curiosity meets code, where introspection feels light, not heavy. It’s analog soul + digital brain.
The Ten Year Vision
Over 10 years, Self-Prompted has high potential for positive societal impact — we, and I mean we as a community (which at time of writing on October 1st, 2025, consists of just me and a few close friends) could help millions of people cultivate self-knowledge, mental resilience, and purpose in an AI-transformed world.
If you're reading now, congratulations you are very early and you can help shape and grow this vision! Share this site with your friends right now. Just let them know. You're giving them a gift and helping this movement get off the ground.
We need each other.
Try it out!
Try your first experiment — for free. Plug your favorite shows into the TV DNA app (this is the one app you don't even need to sign up with your email to get access to).
If it resonates, consider subscribing. Our goal isn’t to flood your inbox—it’s to surprise your mind.
In time I'd love to see live self-prompted IRL events, webinars, online courses, playbooks, actual physical books.
All the best,
Ven.
email: ven@self-prompted.ai
linked-in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/venbatista/
Self-Prompted is a creative project by Venancio Batista-Pedro, founder of Venbats LLC.
Boring legal note: Self-Prompted is a publication by Venbats LLC, a registered business entity. All charges will appear on your credit card or bank statement as "Venbats LLC."