✨AI Builder
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Writing Effective Prompts
Get dramatically better results from the AI with smarter prompts.
✨The AI is like a talented developer who works exactly to spec. The more specific your brief, the better the outcome.
The Anatomy of a Good Prompt
- 1What is the app? — one-sentence description of the purpose
- 2Who uses it? — your target user (optional but helps)
- 3What screens? — list the main screens
- 4What data? — what information needs to be stored
- 5Any special rules? — e.g. "only logged-in users can post"
Examples
❌Too vague: "Make me a social app"
✅Much better: "Create a recipe sharing app where users can browse recipes on a home screen, view recipe details (ingredients, steps, photo), save favourites, and submit their own recipes via a form. Store recipes in a table with: title, description, ingredients (text), steps (text), image URL, author name."
Tips for Better Results
- 1Name your screens explicitly: *Home Screen*, *Detail Screen*, *Profile Screen*
- 2Describe data fields: *"each product has: name, price (number), description, image"*
- 3Mention navigation: *"tapping a list item opens the detail screen"*
- 4Iterate: if the first result is close but not perfect, ask the AI to adjust specific parts
- 5Use follow-up prompts: *"change the colour scheme to dark blue"* or *"add a search bar to the home screen"*
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