Context
State what exists, who it is for, and where the change belongs.
Prompt polish
Stop asking the model to make it modern and nice.
Turn vague build prompts into clear specifications with context, constraints, states, and acceptance criteria an AI coding tool can follow.
Constraints
Name the stack, patterns, limits, and things that must not change.
States
Cover mobile, loading, empty, error, success, and permission conditions.
Done means
Give the model observable acceptance criteria instead of vibes.
Why prompts fail
The model filled in decisions you never made
AI tools are very good at confidently choosing the missing details. Prompt polish surfaces those gaps before they become a plausible but wrong implementation.
- Unclear ownership, route, component, or data source.
- No hierarchy between required behaviour and visual preference.
- Missing edge cases and responsive expectations.
- No verification step for the finished work.
The polished version
A brief that is easier to build and review
The result keeps your intent but turns it into ordered, testable instructions. It is useful in Cursor, Claude, Codex, Bolt, v0, and any other tool that benefits from fewer guesses.
- A concise objective and relevant repository context.
- Functional and visual requirements separated clearly.
- Explicit constraints and non-goals.
- A short verification checklist.
Make the prompt do some work
Paste the vague version. We will make the decisions visible.