Start with the right mindset & skills
Before prompting any AI tool (Lovable, Bolt, Replit, etc.), focus on these 5 builder habits:
- Procedural thinking: Break your idea into step‑by‑step logic & flows.
- Tool awareness: Understand what each tool does best & its limits.
- Checkpoints: Test after every big change; note the prompt/version to revert easily.
- Debugging: Stay ready to isolate & fix issues, instead of rebuilding everything.
- Prompt discipline: Keep prompts short, focused, and consistent so the AI stays on track.
Define your product vision first
Before writing your prompt, act like a product manager:
- Find first project overview and target users
- Then Draft a detailed PRD (Product Requirements Document) including sections:
- Introduction
- Objectives
- Scope
- Functional Requirements, Core features & user stories
- Design Requirements
- User Experience
- Constraints
- Assumptions
- Dependencies
- Technical (Data schema & API needs)
- Edge cases
- etc..
Write your first master prompt carefully
Your first prompt anchors the whole app build. make it cover all aspect and mention all dependence ,constrains and etc,..
Structure it like this:
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Short one‑line overview: what & why
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Detail on most complex features
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Style & vibe reference: attach an wireframe so that AI can take it as reference
⚠ If the first result feels off → restart clean.
Fixing later costs more time than starting over.