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100 AI Prompts Every Designer Should Bookmark Series – Part 6
Welcome to part 6 of the series that will save you hours if you know how to ask the right questions. Whether you’re creating brands, designing websites, managing clients or trying to beat creative block, these prompts will help you work faster without sacrificing quality.
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Part 6: UX & UI Design
Great interfaces aren’t judged by how impressive they look. They’re judged by how easily people can complete a task. The best UX/UI designers combine psychology, accessibility, research, and visual design to create intuitive experiences. These prompts are designed to help you think beyond pixels and create products people genuinely enjoy using.
In this series, you will find practical prompts to:
- Map the complete user journey
- Audit an interface for UX issues
- Design a better dashboard
- Improve an onboarding experience
- Create better forms
- Write better microcopy
- Evaluate accessibility
- Improve mobile UX
- Critique my UI like a product design team
- Design the ideal user experience
1. Map the complete user journey
Visualise how users interact with a product from beginning to end. Designing screens is much easier once you understand the journey users are trying to complete.
PROMPT
Act as a senior UX strategist. Help me map the complete user journey for the following product. Product: [Describe the product] Target audience: [Describe the users] Primary goal: [Purchase, sign-up, booking, enquiry, etc.] Create a detailed journey covering: • User goals • Entry points • User actions • Thoughts • Emotions • Pain points • Decision points • Opportunities to improve the experience • Success metrics Present the journey as a structured table and recommend the three highest-impact UX improvements.
Designer’s Insight: People rarely experience your interface one screen at a time. They experience it as a journey. Optimising individual pages won’t fix a broken journey.
2. Audit an interface for UX issues
Identify usability problems before users encounter them. It uses recognised UX principles instead of relying on subjective opinions.
PROMPT
Act as a UX consultant conducting a professional usability audit. Review my interface using Nielsen's 10 Usability Heuristics. Evaluate: • Visibility of system status • Match between system and the real world • User control and freedom • Consistency • Error prevention • Recognition over recall • Flexibility • Minimalist design • Error recovery • Help and documentation Score each category out of ten. Explain each issue and prioritise improvements based on user impact.
Designer’s Insight: When someone says an interface feels “clunky”, there’s usually a specific usability principle behind that feeling. Learn the principles, and you’ll solve problems faster.
3. Design a better dashboard
Organise complex information into a clear interface. It prioritises user tasks instead of simply filling the screen with data.
PROMPT
Act as a senior product designer. Design a dashboard for the following application. Application: [Describe it] Users: [Describe them] Tasks users perform most often: [List them] Recommend: • Layout • Navigation • Widgets • Data visualisation • Filters • Search • Notifications • Empty states • Mobile adaptations • Accessibility considerations Explain why each element appears where it does.
Designer’s Insight: Dashboards often become cluttered because stakeholders want every metric visible. Users usually need only a handful of key insights to make decisions quickly.
4. Improve an onboarding experience
Reduce friction for new users. First impressions have a significant impact on whether users continue using a product.
PROMPT
Act as a UX researcher. Review my onboarding experience. Current process: [Describe it] Identify: • Unnecessary steps • Confusing language • Cognitive overload • Opportunities for personalisation • Better progress indicators • Ways to build trust • Opportunities to increase completion rates Suggest an improved onboarding flow with explanations for every change.
Designer’s Insight: Every extra step in onboarding should earn its place. If you ask for information before users understand the value of your product, expect higher drop-off rates.
5. Create better forms
Design forms that are easier to complete. Forms are often where users abandon websites and apps.
PROMPT
Act as a UX specialist. Review my form design. Evaluate: • Field order • Labels • Placeholder text • Validation • Error messages • Required fields • Mobile usability • Accessibility • Progress indicators • Button placement Suggest improvements that reduce completion time while increasing accuracy.
Designer’s Insight: The best form is the one users barely notice. Ask for less, explain more and make errors easy to fix.
6. Write better microcopy
Improve the small pieces of text that guide users. Good microcopy reduces confusion without users even noticing it.
PROMPT
Act as a UX writer. Improve the microcopy throughout my interface. Review: • Buttons • Error messages • Success messages • Empty states • Tooltips • Notifications • Form labels • Confirmation screens Rewrite everything using plain English, keeping the tone friendly, helpful and concise. Explain why each revision improves the user experience.
Designer’s Insight: Interfaces don’t need clever writing. They need clear writing. If users stop to think about what a button means, rewrite it.
7. Evaluate Accessibility
Create interfaces that work for a wider audience. Accessibility improves usability for everyone, not just users with disabilities.
PROMPT
Act as an accessibility specialist. Review my UI against WCAG 2.2 guidelines. Assess: • Colour contrast • Typography • Keyboard navigation • Focus states • Screen reader compatibility • Form accessibility • Touch targets • Motion • Error handling Recommend practical improvements while preserving the overall visual design.
Designer’s Insight: Accessibility isn’t about lowering design standards. It’s about raising usability standards.
8. Improve mobile UX
Optimise interfaces for smaller screens. Designing for mobile requires different priorities than desktop.
PROMPT
Act as a mobile UX expert. Review my mobile interface. Evaluate: • Navigation • Thumb reach • Tap targets • Typography • Scrolling • Gestures • Loading experience • Visual hierarchy • Content prioritisation • Performance considerations Suggest improvements that make the interface easier to use one-handed.
Designer’s Insight: Many designers shrink desktop layouts to fit a phone. Good mobile design starts by asking what users actually need when they’re on the move.
9. Critique my UI like a product design team
Receive balanced, constructive feedback. Structured feedback helps you identify the changes that matter most instead of making endless minor adjustments.
PROMPT
Act as a panel of experienced product designers. Review my interface. Assess: • Layout • Consistency • Visual hierarchy • Accessibility • Branding • Navigation • Interactions • Readability • Responsiveness • Overall usability Score each category out of ten. Explain your reasoning and prioritise the improvements that would have the greatest impact on user satisfaction.
Designer’s Insight: Don’t aim for a perfect interface. Aim for one that’s easy to understand. Simplicity usually beats novelty.
10. Design the ideal user experience
Step back from individual screens and improve the overall product experience. It encourages strategic thinking rather than focusing on isolated interface elements.
PROMPT
Act as a Chief Experience Officer. Review the following product. [Describe the product] Recommend improvements across: • User journeys • Navigation • Visual design • Accessibility • Performance • Trust • Emotional design • Customer support • Retention • Delightful interactions Conclude by identifying the five changes that would produce the biggest improvement to the overall user experience and explain why.
Designer’s Insight: The best user experiences aren’t remembered because they’re exciting. They’re remembered because nothing got in the user’s way.
Final Thought
UX and UI design are often spoken about together, but they solve different problems. UX focuses on how a product works and how people move through it. UI determines how that experience is presented visually. Both are essential, and neither succeeds without the other.
AI can help identify usability issues, generate ideas and challenge your assumptions, but it can’t observe real users struggling with your interface or understand the nuances of human behaviour. That’s why research, testing and iteration remain central to good design.
The strongest interfaces rarely contain more features than their competitors. They make the right features easier to find, easier to understand and easier to use. That’s the difference between designing an interface and designing an experience.