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How to build prototypes that actually look like your product

Colin Matthews (Lenny's Newsletter) · lennysnewsletter.com

The screenshot-first technique: matching an existing design beats describing one.

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The question it answers

  1. How do I write prompts that get good UI out of AI design tools?

Read with it

  1. The official playbook, including the promptable style words (minimal, cinematic, premium) that actually change output. lovable.dev Guide The Lovable prompting bible Lovable
  2. The maintained reference version, updated as the model changes. docs.lovable.dev Guide Prompting best practices (Lovable docs) Lovable
  3. Vercel's three-part prompt formula: product surface, context of use, constraints and taste. vercel.com Guide How to prompt v0 Vercel
  4. The terse official reference for what v0 listens to in a prompt. v0.app Guide Text prompting (v0 docs) Vercel
  5. How to chain prompts and Design Mode edits instead of fighting one giant prompt. vercel.com Article Maximizing outputs with v0: from UI generation to code creation Vercel
  6. Before-and-after prompt pairs, so you see exactly what specificity buys you. uxdesign.cc Article Figma Make prompts, with real examples Lindsey Norberg (UX Collective)
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