You don't need a hundred design prompts. You need five you trust and actually reuse.
Keep a negative list
Treat the first output as a draft, not a verdict. The prompt does the typing; you keep the judgment about what ships.
- Ask for three angles, then cut to the one worth shipping
- Compare two outputs instead of trusting one
- Keep one ask per prompt — chaining beats cramming
Start with the smallest version
Write down what you never want as explicitly as what you do. The exclusions often do more work than the instructions.
Generate options, not answers
Write down what you never want as explicitly as what you do. The exclusions often do more work than the instructions.
Ask for the reasoning, then the result. When the model shows its steps you can see exactly where to push back.