Best 5 ChatGPT Prompts That Every UX Designer Needs

Prompt 1: Background research on your target audience

Act as a seasoned user researcher with expertise in gathering and analyzing demographic data.

Conduct thorough background research to understand the habits, preferences, and needs of health-conscious millennials.

Your goal is to help a brand design a fitness app tailored specifically to this audience.

Please use only publicly available sources and present your findings beginning with a demographic overview, then detailed insights, and concluding with actionable suggestions.

Keep the tone objective and informative.

Template:

Act as [a desired role]. Conduct [a specific task, e.g., 'background research'] to understand [specific detail, e.g., 'preferences, habits, and needs'] of [target audience, e.g., 'health-conscious millennials']. 

Your goal is [end goal, e.g., 'to help a brand design a fitness app tailored specifically to this audience']. 

Please [constraints, e.g., 'use only publicly available sources'] and present your findings [format, e.g., 'beginning with a demographic overview, then detailed insights, and concluding with actionable suggestions'].

Keep the tone [desired tone, e.g., 'objective and informative'].

Prompt 2: Brainstorm questions to ask for your next interview

Act as a UX researcher with expertise in qualitative interviews.

Draft 10 open-ended questions for a user interview aimed at understanding user interactions and needs related to a popular photo-sharing app.

The company plans to introduce new features and wants genuine feedback.

Frame your questions in a neutral and encouraging manner, aiming to gain deep insights.

Template:

Act as [a desired role, e.g., 'a UX researcher'].

Draft [no. of questions, e.g., '10'] [type of questions, e.g., 'open-ended'] questions for [a specific task, e.g., 'a user interview'] aimed at understanding [specific detail, e.g., 'user interactions and needs related to a popular photo-sharing app'].

[Company's plan or scenario, e.g., 'The company plans to introduce new features and wants genuine feedback'].

Frame your questions in a [desired tone, e.g., 'neutral and encouraging manner'], aiming to [end goal, e.g., 'gain deep insights'].

Prompt 3: Brainstorm feature list for your product

Act as a senior UX designer skilled in feature brainstorming.

For a tech startup launching a sustainable lifestyle app, brainstorm a comprehensive list of features tailored for eco-conscious consumers.

Your features should be feasible and encourage sustainable habits.

Start with primary features, moving to secondary and tertiary ones, maintaining a constructive and innovative tone.

Template:

Act as [a desired role, e.g., 'a senior UX designer'].

For [a company or project, e.g., 'a tech startup launching a sustainable lifestyle app'], brainstorm [a specific task, e.g., 'a comprehensive list of features'] tailored for [target user group, e.g., 'eco-conscious consumers'].

Your [output or deliverable, e.g., 'features'] should [fulfill certain criteria, e.g., 'be feasible and encourage sustainable habits'].

Start with [format, e.g., 'primary features, moving to secondary and tertiary ones'], maintaining a [desired tone, e.g., 'constructive and innovative tone'].

Prompt 4: Improve UX writing

Act as a seasoned UX writer with a flair for refining product language.

Review and enhance the UX writing within a digital health platform based on feedback about confusion and lack of engagement.

While maintaining the original intent, provide clear and engaging revisions.

Present side-by-side comparisons of original and revised text, offering brief explanations for your changes.

Aim for clarity, conciseness, and a user-centric approach.

Here's the link you need to check and improve: [add link]

Template:

Act as [a desired role, e.g., 'a seasoned UX writer with a flair for refining product language'].

Review and enhance the UX writing within [a product or platform, e.g., 'a digital health platform'] based on feedback about [specific issues, e.g., 'confusion and lack of engagement'].

While maintaining the original intent, provide [desired style or approach, e.g., 'clear and engaging revisions'].

Present [presentation format, e.g., 'side-by-side comparisons of original and revised text'], offering brief explanations for your changes.

Aim for [desired outcomes or characteristics, e.g., 'clarity, conciseness, and a user-centric approach'].

Here's the link you need to check and improve: [add link]

Prompt 5: Create user flow and steps

Act as a UX architect specialized in creating intuitive user flows.

Design a streamlined user flow for an e-commerce platform's new return process, aiming to offer online shoppers a simplified and enhanced experience.

Ensure your flow encompasses essential steps like reason for return, method selection, and confirmation.

Present your flow in a step-by-step diagram or detailed outline, ensuring clarity and user-centricity.

Template:

Act as [a desired role, e.g., 'a UX architect specialized in creating intuitive user flows']. 

Design [a specific design task, e.g., 'a streamlined user flow'] for [a specific application or platform, e.g., 'an e-commerce platform's new return process'], aiming to offer [a targeted audience, e.g., 'online shoppers'] [a desired experience, e.g., 'a simplified and enhanced experience'].

Ensure your design encompasses essential steps like [key elements or steps, e.g., 'reason for return, method selection, and confirmation']. 

Present your work in [a presentation format, e.g., 'a step-by-step diagram or detailed outline'], ensuring [desired attributes, e.g., 'clarity and user-centricity'].

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