Practise a tough negotiation with an AI

This prompt role-plays a negotiation, for example buying a car or discussing rent or salary. You give your target and your walk-away limit, and the AI plays a realistic other side.

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Role-play a negotiation with me.

Situation: [e.g. buying a car / rent / salary]
My goal: [TARGET]
My walk-away point: [LIMIT]
You play: [THE OTHER SIDE, WITH A REALISTIC PERSONALITY]

Push back like a real person would. Do not give in easily. After 8 exchanges stop and coach me: what I did well, where I gave too much and better phrases to use.

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Decide your walk-away point before you start.

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What you will get

A realistic eight-exchange negotiation in which the AI plays a tough counterpart, followed by coaching on what you did well, where you gave too much and stronger phrases to use.

Common mistake

You begin without a walk-away point and agree to a bad deal.

Fix: Follow the tip and decide your limit first. Write it in the prompt so the coaching can show if you broke it.

Also watch for

The other side is too polite, so the practice is easy. Describe their personality in more detail, for example “a seller who is in no hurry and rarely drops price”, and repeat “do not give in easily”.
You skip the coaching and move on. Read the feedback and replay the same scene once, using the stronger phrases. The second run is where most of the learning happens.

Try a variation: salary conversation

Set the situation to a salary talk with your manager and ask the AI to include one budget objection and one request to wait until next quarter.

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Run it again with the same counterpart but a harder personality. Stop after eight exchanges and coach me the same way.