Failing Prompt | Why It Fails | What to Do Instead |
"Write a PRD" | No context, no user, no problem | Brief Claude first, then ask for the PRD |
"Give me 10 feature ideas" | No constraint = low-value list | Define the specific problem, user, and constraint first |
"Is this a good idea?" | Claude will say yes with caveats | Ask "What would have to be true for this to fail?" |
"Improve this" | No direction = minor edits | Say specifically what's wrong: "The problem statement is vague make it specific to one user type and one scenario" |
"What should our north star metric be?" | Needs deep product context | Give Claude your user base, value prop, monetization model, and current metrics first |