They seem a bit over the top and hyped — but I reckon AI prompt libraries are great

If you scroll through Instagram there are people posting a lot of these AI prompt tips.

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There are plenty of examples of these types of posts

Now they kind of annoy me as they seem so scammy. “Comment Photo to recieve your prompts” etc, but if you look past the hype and actually give some of these things a go, supringsly they are pretty good. Which feels wrong somehow.

But don’t worry in this post I’m going to give you a good prompt and you don’t have to comment anything down below.

The thing I appreciate about some of these creators is their … creativity. Seriously, some of their prompts are just amazing. Like this one, that turns the background into a minecraft effect.

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I enjoy testing these things out to see if they work.

And while I would have appreciated the Manhattan skyline to look like Minecraft, it’s still pretty cool.

And I also enjoy some of the creativity of things that people have, like this page, where they go from AI design to printed dress.

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The new thing I’m realising is there is now basically a prompt already to solve so many problems that you face. It’s worth your time before you start coding with Claude Code etc to just explore what random libraries are out there as it really seems to be making a difference now.

So taking the inspiration from these creative people, I decided to work on a current problem that I have, with the goal being that I could share the process and the prompt that came from it.

Problem: too many pages I have look like this

So the above page is pretty boring, and rather than typing “make it look better with a good design etc” — what I do now is just Google good AI design prompts. I think these prompt libraries are actually underrated. I know they seem too overhyped now, but they are genuinely awesome.

Doing that, I found a site called design/prompts

You have prompts like this and you paste it in

This is what it did to my site.

I liked that they had quite different designs.

And it’s super easy to change.

Compare the above to what I got from naturally trying to prompt in Cursor below.

The thing that I love

• You get quick feedback.
• You don’t have to think
• It makes the site feel cohesive.

Here are some other sites that are fun for getting inspiration.

Motionsites

I quite like this one as the motion makes the site more engaging. It’s a similar thing to the first prompt library site, just copy and paste in the prompt and you are good to go.

AIUXPlayground

I like this site because it has a lot of real world faciliation prompts and it also has a playground which showcases websites that have been built with AI.

21st.dev

I like this site as it’s more focused on the component level

The ideas feel more premium.

One cool thing is that if you like a component you can ask your AI to make a whole design system from that.

Zerograv

I like this site because it has a number of developer related prompts. Just browsing them gives you a bunch of ideas.

My favourite prompt of all that I have been using

I find that quite often I don’t know what I don’t know. So, for example with design, what I will do is usually get some book recommendations so that I can at least get some familiarity with the language and world that I am entering thanks to AI.

Even though I can prompt and do everything, I still enjoy basic books like this.

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So if I’m trying to get better at design, I’ll prompt something like this.

Hey I don’t even know what prompt to ask you, but I need help, I want to upskill, I don’t know what I don’t know. What prompt would you write to an LLM if you were me. I don’t like this design and can’t articulate what I’m trying to do.

Here is the response

I've built `/rugbyprint/sizzle2` — a scroll-driven product tour for Rugbyprint inside Rugby Reports (live: https://rugbyreports.vercel.app/rugbyprint/sizzle2).

I'm strong on product and engineering but **not confident on marketing narrative, conversion copy, or scroll-led landing design**. I don't know what I don't know in this space.

Please review the Sizzle2 page in the codebase (`rugbyprint-sizzle2-page` and related components under `src/components/rugbyprint/sizzle2/`). Optionally check the live URL if you can.

Write a strategy doc at `docs/rugbyprint-sizzle2-strategy-and-upskilling.md` that covers:

1. **Page intention** — What is this page hired to do? What success looks like (educate, prove, convert, qualify). What it is NOT trying to do. The core narrative arc section-by-section (hero → aha → how it works → output acts → audience → rollout → CTA).

2. **Experts and reference voices** — Who are the credible people/groups in positioning, conversion copy, scrollytelling, UX research, rugby/coaching team communication, and psychometrics (handled carefully)? Organise by discipline with a short "why they matter for this page" for each.

3. **Frameworks** — Which marketing/product-narrative frameworks fit this page? Include at minimum: StoryBrand, PAS, AIDA, JTBD, SCQA, Before→After→Bridge, PLG product tour, scrollytelling beats, Fogg Behaviour Model, lite journey map. For each: pros, cons, fit for Sizzle2 specifically. Start with a comparison table.

4. **Framework-specific recommendations for THIS page** — For each major framework, say what to keep vs change on the current build, and include an **ASCII wireframe** showing how that lens maps onto the page.

5. **Unknown unknowns + upskilling plan** — I'm a builder, not a marketer. Give me:
   - A known/unknown/unknown-unknowns table
   - An **8-week plan (~3 hours/week)** to get competent at this kind of work
   - Rituals (five-second test, forward test, objection inventory, etc.)
   - Minimal read/watch list (not a reading rabbit hole)
   - A decision log template for future iterations
   - How you can help in future sessions (what to bring each time)

And that above prompt that it made, is my favourite at the moment.

For example, when I ran it on my website, it came back with the following findings. Starting with the jobs to be done on my website page.

The next thing it did is go and get experts and reference voices in the field for the different category areas. I enjoy this as this presents a mini curriculum that I can then go away and study in my own time.

This to me was absolute gold. This helped me to realise why I was struggling. There is multiple elements at play here, it’s not just UX, it’s the thinking, the copywriting, the storytelling that all come into play.

• Positioning and B2B product narrative
• Copywriting
• Narrative Web Storytelling
• UX Research and Usability
• Team communication and coaching context
• Psychometrics adjacent

After that, it gave me frameworks that fit my particular use case.

This is so helpful! Having all of these frameworks is great, these are all things we could add to a prompt library in the future.

So then after it did that, it made a recommendation on what I should use.

The next thing that I loved is that it gave me a plan to follow.

It’s a longer approach to get to the answer and this is what it made.

Now, the prompt libraries out of the box did a good job, but the reason I like the second approach is that the AI is teaching me about design and how to think along the way.

I think that is way cooler for the long run but if you don’t have time for that, well then, go and search some of the prompt libraries in this post and let me know how you get on.

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What do you reckon? Are these AI prompt libraries good or do you reckon they are just annoying? Can you recommend me any others?