One-Word Commands in ChatGPT

You send the photo, type a single word, and get back a technical blueprint of the VW Bus.

Before the list, the warning nobody gives you: there are no slash commands inside ChatGPT. Nobody programmed /blueprint. It's not a hidden feature, it's not a paid plan thing, it's not a trick.

What happens is simpler. The model understands the short word the same way it understands a three-paragraph prompt. blueprint is already the name of a kind of drawing, so it knows what to do with it. The slash is just a habit we brought over from other apps. You can write it without one, it works the same.

How to use it

Open a new chat. One chat per command, otherwise the previous conversation contaminates the result.
Attach the photo.
Type just the word and send. No "make a", no "please", no explanation.

A temporary chat won't work, it doesn't generate images.

The eight I tested in the video

Type	What comes out	Tested with
`explodedview`	the object opened up into parts floating in the air, numbered	motorcycle
`blueprint`	blue technical drawing, with dimensions	VW Bus
`anatomy`	the labeled layers, like a school poster	coxinha
`360view`	the same object seen from several angles	flip-flop
`xray`	the skeleton inside the silhouette	caramel mutt
`handwritten`	a spec sheet written by hand	robot
`cutaway`	the object cut in half, showing the inside	acoustic guitar
`microscopic`	magnified, like a microscope slide	coffee bean

The full list

I tested the eight above. The rest of the list is the same recipe applied to other words, and it's there for you to test. Write down which one worked with which kind of photo, because it changes a lot from object to object.

See inside

Type	What comes out
`crosssection`	cross section, showing the layers
`teardown`	everything taken apart and spread on the table
`layers`	the layers stacked and separated
`skeleton`	just the structure that holds it up
`internals`	what's inside the casing
`wireframe`	the object as a wire mesh

Blueprints, measurements, and technical drawings

Type	What comes out
`schematic`	schematic, like a circuit diagram
`orthographic`	front, side, and top side by side
`floorplan`	floor plan, if it's a space
`isometric`	the object in isometric perspective
`patent`	patent drawing, black lines on white paper
`dimensions`	the object with the measurements written on it
`topview`	seen from straight above

See it from every side

Type	What comes out
`turnaround`	the object turning, shown in a row
`multiview`	several angles in the same image
`closeup`	the detail up close
`macro`	skin, texture, the weave of the fabric
`satellite`	the scene seen from way up high
`aerial`	drone view

Hand, paper, and notebook

Type	What comes out
`sketch`	pencil sketch
`doodle`	a doodle in the corner of a notebook
`napkin`	the drawing on a bar napkin
`blueprintsketch`	the blueprint still in draft form
`infographic`	the thing's numbers on a poster
`diagram`	the parts connected by arrows
`flowchart`	the step by step in little boxes
`timeline`	the object's timeline
`comic`	the scene as a comic
`storyboard`	the scene broken into frames
`poster`	poster, with a big title
`label`	the product label
`packaging`	the object in its box, ready for the shelf
`stamp`	the object turned into a postage stamp

Material and finish

Type	What comes out
`clay`	everything sculpted in clay
`lego`	built out of little bricks
`origami`	folded in paper
`pixelart`	in pixels, like an old video game
`lowpoly`	in polygons, like a raw 3D model
`neon`	outlined in neon
`glass`	made of glass, transparent
`chrome`	chrome, mirror finish
`wood`	carved in wood
`knitted`	crocheted

Time and condition

Type	What comes out
`vintage`	the same thing as it was fifty years ago
`futuristic`	the same thing fifty years from now
`ruined`	abandoned, overgrown with weeds
`brandnew`	brand new, in the store window
`evolution`	the thing changing over time, in a row

People and animals

Type	What comes out
`caricature`	caricature
`statue`	turned into a statue in a town square
`actionfigure`	turned into an action figure, inside the packaging
`portrait`	studio portrait

How to come up with your own

There's only one rule: the word has to be the name of a way of depicting the thing, not a request.

blueprint works because a technical blueprint is a kind of drawing that exists in the world, with its own rules, and the model has seen thousands of them. xray works for the same reason. improve doesn't work, cool doesn't work, awesome doesn't work. They're not image categories, they're opinions.

Quick test before you spend an attempt: if you could search for that word in an image search and get a thousand results that look alike, it works.

When it comes out wrong

Regenerate the same command before you change the word. The model varies a lot from one attempt to the next, and sometimes the second one already comes out right.

Got it wrong twice in a row with the same word? Memory is still on. Go back there.

What not to expect

You get a drawing, not measurements. The blueprint of your motorcycle will look like a technical drawing, but the dimensions are made up. Don't use it to buy parts.

Text inside the image often comes out garbled, especially in Portuguese. Part names come out scrambled.

It sometimes refuses photos of famous people. It'll do a photo of you.