A roast me AI prompt tells a chat assistant like ChatGPT what to make fun of, how hard, and where to stop. The prompts below cover photos, one-liners, resumes and LinkedIn profiles, and a harsher set for people who really want it. Each one is written to paste into a chat assistant with your photo attached or your text pasted in, and results vary from one assistant to the next. Roast Me! in Toybox AI works without a prompt: you upload the photo, say what it is, and pick how harsh.
How a good roast me AI prompt is built
A roast prompt works when it gives the AI material, a target and a limit. Five parts cover it:
- The material. The photo, or three true details about you. Specific beats long: "I own 14 fake plants" is funnier than a paragraph about your personality.
- The target. Your choices, habits, stuff and decisions. These are fair game.
- The limit. Name what's off the table: your body, face, weight, race, religion, gender, health, and anything you can't change.
- The format. One line for a caption, five jokes for a group chat, jokes plus fixes for a resume.
- The tone. "Like a friend at my birthday dinner" and "like a stand-up comic at a roast" get very different results.
Fill in the brackets and paste it:
Roast me like a close friend at my birthday dinner. Here is your material: [three specific, true details about me, or "the photo I attached"]. Tone: [playful teasing / sharp but fair]. Length: [one line / five short jokes]. Roast my choices, habits and things I own. Leave out my body, face, race, religion, gender, health and anything I can't change. End with one honest compliment.Roast my photo prompts for ChatGPT and other chatbots
These prompts need a photo attached in the same message. In ChatGPT, tap the + icon and choose Add photos & files, or drag the photo onto the chat. Other chat assistants that can see images work the same way; what matters is a prompt that tells the assistant what to aim at.
Selfie roast
A friendly roast of the details around your face, not your face itself.
Roast the selfie I attached. Pick three specific things you can actually see, like the camera angle, the background, the lighting or what I'm wearing, and write one joke about each. Keep it playful, like teasing from a close friend. Don't comment on my face, skin, body or weight. Finish with one line about what I got right in this photo.Change: swap "close friend" for "my older sister" for a meaner, more familiar voice.
Dating profile photo roast
Useful before a profile goes live: the jokes point at what the photo says by accident.
This is the main photo on my dating profile. Roast it the way my most honest friend would before I post it: what does this photo say about me that I didn't mean to say? Focus on the setting, the pose, the props and the overall vibe. Four short jokes, then two practical tips for a better first photo.Change: replace "dating profile" with "new Instagram profile picture".
Outfit roast
For a full-length photo of what you're wearing today.
Roast the outfit in this photo like a fashion critic who secretly likes me. Name each piece of clothing you can see and give it one short joke. Then rate the whole look out of 10 and tell me which single item to swap first. No jokes about my body shape.Change: add "I'm wearing this to a wedding" to get jokes about the occasion too.
Messy room or desk roast
A photo of your room, desk or car, roasted and then fixed.
This is a photo of my desk. Roast it like a home makeover host seeing it for the first time. Point out five things you can actually see, like the cables, the number of mugs or the chair covered in clothes, one sentence each. Then list the three quickest fixes I could do in 15 minutes.Change: swap "desk" for "bedroom", "car" or "fridge".
Group photo roast
Only for photos where everyone agreed to be roasted.
Everyone in this group photo said yes to being roasted. Give each person one gentle joke based only on what they are doing or wearing, going left to right. Same level of teasing for everyone, and nothing about faces or bodies. Keep each joke under 20 words.Change: add the occasion ("our 10-year reunion") so the jokes land on it.
Roast me in one line
One-line roasts make good captions and group chat replies. Ask for several and keep the best.
One-liner from a photo
Roast me in one line based on the photo I attached. Make it short enough to use as a caption, under 15 words, and aim it at something I chose, like my pose, my outfit or my background. Give me five options so I can pick the best one.Change: "under 15 words" to "under 8 words" for a caption that fits on the image itself.
One-liner from three facts
No photo needed. The facts do the work.
Roast me in one line. Here is your material: I own 14 houseplants and all of them are fake, I set nine alarms every morning, and I've been starting a running habit "next Monday" since March. One sentence, no more than 20 words.Change: replace the three facts with three true ones about you.
Roast, then toast
A roast with a sincere line after it, for birthdays and going-away cards.
Roast me in one line, then toast me in one line. The roast is about this: I plan every vacation down to the minute and then complain that I'm exhausted. The toast should be sincere. Keep both under 20 words and label them Roast and Toast.Change: swap "me" for a friend's name and a fact they'd laugh at.
Roast my resume and LinkedIn profile
A resume roast is feedback with jokes on top, so ask for the fix under every joke. Attach the resume as a file or paste the text. As of September 2026, Free ChatGPT accounts can upload 3 files a day, so pasting the text saves one.
Resume roast with fixes
I attached my resume. Roast it like a tired recruiter reading their 200th resume of the day. Pick the five weakest spots, such as vague bullet points, buzzwords, cramped formatting or unexplained date gaps, and give each a one-line roast. Under each roast, write the fix as a rewritten line I can paste in. Roast the resume, not me.Change: name the job you're applying for so the fixes match it.
LinkedIn headline and About roast
Here are my LinkedIn headline and About section: [paste them]. Roast them for sounding like everyone else's. Point to each buzzword and cliché and make a short joke about it. Then write three new headline options, each under 15 words, that say what I actually do and who I do it for.Change: add "I'm a nurse moving into healthcare IT" or your own career switch.
Cover letter opener roast
Roast the opening paragraph of my cover letter below as if the hiring manager had to read it out loud to the whole team. Give me three jokes about what makes it generic. Then rewrite the paragraph in under 80 words, starting with a specific result I achieved. Paragraph: [paste it]Change: ask for the rewrite "in a warmer tone" for a nonprofit or school job.
A roast can land on your profile photo too. When it does, the LinkedIn headshot prompts cover what a professional-looking photo needs.
Roast me and don't hold back
These prompts ask for a harder roast that still stays fair. The limit line matters most here, because "don't hold back" with no limit invites jokes about things you can't change.
Habits roast, no mercy
Roast me and don't hold back. Material: I have 43 unread group chats, I've rewatched the same comfort show four times this year, and my car doubles as a closet. Be as sharp as a comic at a comedy roast, but keep every joke about my choices and habits. No jokes about my looks, background or health. Eight jokes, one line each.Change: turn it down with "sharp but kind" or up with "like you've known me for 20 years".
Roast from what the AI remembers
For ChatGPT with memory on. Ask "What do you remember about me?" first so you know what it will use.
Based on what you remember about me from our past chats, roast me and don't hold back. Use only things I've actually told you or asked you about, and name the topic in each joke so I know where it came from. Don't guess or invent anything. Five jokes, then tell me which one you think hits hardest.Change: add "only use things from the last month" to keep it current.
Screen time roast
Attach a screenshot of your weekly screen time report.
I attached a screenshot of my weekly screen time. Roast my phone habits like a disappointed life coach. Call out my top three apps and the hours next to them, one joke per app. Then give me one realistic goal for next week.Change: swap in a screenshot of your step count or your streaming history.
Home cooking roast
Roast the dinner I cooked in this photo like a strict judge on a cooking competition. Comment on the plating, the colors and anything that looks burnt or undercooked, one short joke each. Then score it out of 10 and tell me the one change that would help most next time.Change: add what the dish was supposed to be, so it can roast the gap.
Playlist roast
Here are the last 15 songs I played: [paste the list]. Roast my music taste and don't hold back, but keep it about the songs and what they say about my week. Six jokes, then guess my mood in one sentence.Change: paste your most-watched videos or your last 10 online orders instead.
Tips for better roast results
Better roasts come from specific material, a written limit and more jokes than you need.
- Give it true, specific material. A photo gives the AI things to point at. Without one, three concrete facts ("nine alarms", "fake plants") work better than "I'm lazy".
- Write the limit into every prompt. A roast that says "roast my choices, not my body" gives the AI a clear target. Add it even to the gentle prompts.
- Ask for more than you need. Five one-liners, keep one. Eight jokes, post two.
- Check what it saw. OpenAI lists incorrect descriptions and misread rotated images among the known limits of ChatGPT's image inputs. Rotate the photo upright first, and if a joke mentions something that isn't there, say so.
- Ask for a range before you pick. "Two gentle jokes, two medium, two brutal" shows you where your line is before you choose a level for the whole roast.
- Say who's in the room. "This will be read at my friend's 40th birthday, with her kids there" tells the AI who's listening, so it can keep the jokes clean enough for the kids.
Fixes for common problems
| Problem | Add this to your prompt |
|---|---|
| The jokes are generic | "Point to a specific detail from the photo or my facts in every joke." |
| It went after my looks | "Nothing about my face, body, weight, skin or hair." |
| It's too soft | "Sharper, like a comedy roast, but still only about my choices." |
| It explains every joke | "Jokes only. No explanations, no disclaimers." |
| The jokes are too long | "One line each, under 15 words." |
| It made up details | "Use only what you can see or what I told you. Don't guess." |
| Wrong tone for the occasion | "This is for a work farewell card. Keep it clean." |
| It forgot the compliment | "End with one sincere compliment, labeled Toast." |
What to leave out of a roast
Keep these out of every roast, including the "don't hold back" prompts:
- Anything people can't change. Race, ethnicity, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, age, body shape, skin and health.
- Real pain. A breakup, a job loss or a family problem someone shared in confidence.
- Other people who didn't agree. Crop them out of the photo or ask first.
- Private details. Blur addresses, phone numbers and coworkers' names on a resume or screenshot before you upload it.
When a roast comes out good enough to share, it can become a caption on your own photo: the guide to making a meme of yourself covers the classic top and bottom text format. If you post roasts and memes for an audience, the creator's guide to AI tools for thumbnails, Shorts and captions goes through the rest of that work, including platform labels for AI content.
Get a photo roast from Roast Me! instead
Roast Me! skips the prompt writing: upload the photo under "Photo to roast", choose what it is under "What is it?" (Screenshot for a picture of your resume, Website for a homepage), set "How harsh?" from Playful through Spicy and Savage to Nuclear, and tap "Roast me". A roast is currently 5 credits and works on the Free plan, and you can send it as a share link or keep it in your gallery. Nuclear gets crude and adult, so read the roast before you post it anywhere a coworker or a kid will see it.