ChatGPT prompts for user experience (UX)

These UX prompts cover user research and personas, interface and interaction design, information architecture and user flows, and accessibility work.

User research methods: Recommend [number] research methods for a [platform] redesign based on [research questions, users, stage, and constraints]. For each, state its purpose, procedure, evidence produced, and design decisions it can inform. Include qualitative and quantitative methods where useful; treat journey mapping as synthesis. Context: [insert details].

Typography style guide: Outline a typography guide for a [web application] design system. Cover font roles and fallbacks, type scale, weights, line height, spacing, responsive usage, UI elements, accessibility, and [specific considerations]. Structure example: [insert example]

Responsive design help: Explain responsive design best practices for a [website], covering fluid layouts, responsive images, media or container queries, accessibility, performance, and cross-device testing. Separate layout guidance from performance recommendations.

Gamification strategy: Recommend [number] gamification strategies for a [platform] and [audience] to support [goal]. For each, explain the user need, mechanic, implementation, success metric, and risks. Use rewards, progress, or challenges only where justified.

Ethical design audit: Review the engagement mechanics of our [app type] app for dark patterns and manipulative design, including forced urgency, confirmshaming (guilt-based opt-out wording), obstructed cancellation, and attention-exploiting loops. For each issue found, identify where it appears, explain the risk to users and to long-term trust, and propose a respectful alternative that still supports [business goal]. Base the audit only on the flows and features described: [insert app flows and features]

User feedback ideas: Recommend methods for collecting and analyzing feedback on a new [feature] in a [platform]. For each, state what it measures, how to run it, how to analyze the findings, and its limitations. Context: [users, research goal, stage, and constraints].

Micro-interactions: Suggest [number] micro-interactions for a [app type] app. For each, state the purpose, trigger, feedback, and accessibility requirements. Avoid decorative interactions that interrupt the core task.

Interactive wireframe guidance: Give a step-by-step guide to create and test an interactive wireframe for a [industry] platform in [design tool and version]. Cover the key flow, screens, components, interactions, error states, and sharing.

User persona: Create a research-based persona for a [app type] app using the evidence below. Include relevant behaviors, contexts, goals, pain points, accessibility needs, feature needs, and a usage scenario. Exclude unsupported demographics and label assumptions. If evidence is insufficient, call it a proto-persona. Research: [Insert findings].

Form best practices: Explain WCAG 2.2-aligned form design practices for web applications. Cover labels, instructions, input purpose, errors, validation, keyboard and focus behavior, and assistive-technology testing. Include concise examples.

Information architecture evaluation: Create an evaluation checklist for the information architecture of [website or application]. Cover user goals, navigation, labels, hierarchy, findability, content grouping, and key flows. Include suitable evaluation methods and fixes for common issues.

Onboarding optimization: Recommend testable ways to improve onboarding for a [app type] app targeting [audience] and reduce drop-off at [stage]. For each, identify the friction, proposed change, metric, and experiment. Context and funnel data: [insert information]

App user flows: Create user flows for a [app type] app covering [scenarios]. Include entry points, happy paths, decisions, error and recovery paths, and end states. Present them as [format] and state any assumptions.

Survey questions: Write [number] survey questions for [respondents] to inform [decision] about a new [product type] for [audience]. Mix closed and open questions, avoid leading or double-barreled wording, and state the purpose of each question.

Accessibility improvement: Recommend [number] WCAG 2.2-aligned improvements for a [type] website used by people with visual impairments. Cover semantic structure, screen readers, contrast, text resizing and reflow, keyboard focus, images, and forms. For each, include the rationale and test method.

User journey map: Explain how to create a research-based journey map for [software or solution] and [user task]. Include scope, stages, touchpoints, goals, actions, pain points, evidence, and opportunities. Separate findings from assumptions.

Brand identity web implementation: Explain how to translate [brand] into an accessible, responsive website system. Cover visual tokens, typography, imagery, content voice, components, interactions, and consistency rules. Brand guidelines: [insert details].

Usability testing plan: Design a usability test for [product or feature] to evaluate [design decision]. Include the method, participant criteria, tasks, success measures, post-task questions, and analysis plan. Context and research goal: [insert details].